The concept of social safety nets is broader than the poverty; it includes the multiple dimensions of human life. The importance of Social Safety Nets increased after economic reform, due to the economic reform socio-economic disparities increased, increasing inequalities of income and opportunities. Therefore to prevent, protect and treat and assist the poor section of the country government of India launched various schemes. The study used secondary data from IHDS, 2005 which provides information on utilisation of various social protection schemes. The study used bivariate and...

The Maharashtra government has passed the Government resolution that all the PRIs will spend the 10% budget on women and child welfare activity. But after conducting the research on this aspect we came to know that the budget which is made for them they even do not include in the planning of the budget, even she is a Sarpanch, still her husband Sarpanch pati and Gramsevak decide everything and this budget is not spend in a proper way where it should spend. And many women representative have given their opinion that when they have 33% reservation of the seat in PRIs why this budget fall...