• Ravikumar D.
• Suhas R. Gowda

This study seeks to make an investigation into how much women in karnataka could make use of the opportunities which the Act provided and how much it helped women sto empower themselves. Women empowerment is conditioned by the socio -economic and religio-cultural ambience. It could be achieved with or without governmental assistance and support Nevertheless in the Indian context women empowerment remained a distant dream for a good five decades till the 73rd and 74th constitutional amendment acts began to be implemented. The passage of the above acts are the Landmark in the march of women towards the ultimate goal of self fulfillment. Women’s participation in politics is closely related to their level of empowerment in literacy as well as health care, Karnataka women are far ahed however, their presence in the political arena,even at the grassroots level was not at all conspicuous until empowerment was as it were,thurst upon them by the 73rd act.This act made the involvement and participation of women in politics mandatory.thirty three percent of the total seats and posts in the three –tier panchayat raj system are now been filled by women.This is the background which prompted the identification of this topic for study and to pay maximum effort to delve into the different dimensions of rural democracy and women’s political participation and involvement in them.

Women political participation, Empowerment of women, Panchayat Raj act, Gram Panchayat, Taluk panchayat, Zilla Panchayat, Karnataka, Hassan district.

"Political Participation Of Women In Karnataka Panchayat Raj Institutions", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.354-363, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907D54.pdf

"Political Participation Of Women In Karnataka Panchayat Raj Institutions", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp354-363, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907D54.pdf