Author(s):

Dr. Vishnukant S Tekale, Swapnil A Kale and Dr. Vidya V Tayde

Abstract: The present study was designed to know the extent of participation of rural youth in the activities of the Adarsh Gaon Yojana in Amravati district of Maharashtra State. By using purposively random sampling techniques, four talukas namely, Bhatkuli, Daryapur, Morshi, and Nandgaon Khandeswar were selected from Amravati district purposively on basis of maximum number of Adarsh Gaon in this talukas from the each selected taluka are village namely, Kavatha, Kalamgavhan, Ramagad, Vadalgavhan, Gorala and Papal were selected randomly. The rural youth (male and female) with the age group of 15-29 years were considered as the respondents of the study. The list of the rural youth (male and female) was obtained from Gram sevak of selected six village and from this list 20 respondents rural youth were selected randomly, thus from six village 120 rural youth (90 male and 30 female) were selected and considered as respondents for the present study. The exploratory research design was used for research study. The majority of respondents (42.80%) belonged to medium category of overall participation in Adarsh Gaon Yojana activities. It was observed that less number of respondent rural youth were participated in family planning (61.25%), followed by ban on free gazing (23.12%), ban on tree cutting (20.37%), labour for community welfare (shramdan) and other activities (15.43%), and ban on addiction like alcoholism (10.67%), respectively. so it is create awareness among rural youth about importance of family planning, ban on free gazing, ban on tree cutting, labour for community welfare (Shramdan) and other activities and ban on addiction like alcoholism for overall village development.

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