Impact Assessment of the District Poverty Initiative Project Rajasthan

Various questions concerning social capital among DPIP households were asked. It is found
that in distress situation the households fend for themselves in search of employment and also
rely on kinship relationships irrespective of the fact whether the household is APL or BPL.
No one does anything for protecting common pasturelands, old customs are followed, village
leaders/powerful takes the decisions. When poor man’s land is encroached, he is left alone
mainly or he takes help of caste panchayat and support of kins. Here, APL households rely
more on kinship relations. When women are molested, kins and caste panchayat play a
dominant role. The same is more or less the case when liquor consumption is the issue. It is
the close family that tries to take corrective measures as it is directly affected. On government
corruption issue, those who are directly affected take action alone. In some districts the issue
is raised in gram sabha, but that again is linked to activities being undertaken within the
village. When children are not enrolled in school, no one is concerned it seems. What comes
out is despite intervention of programs like DPIP, individual sin rural society are largely left
to fend for itself and in this poor are greater sufferers. The community role appears to be
limited by a variety of factors. There is no doubt that caste relations and kinship relations do
have an important role to play which is grate social capital with assists the poor in villages.
Do men and women participate in caste panchayat meetings Table shows that men
participation is much higher in caste panchayats across districts and APL and BPL households
(table 3.18).
Table 3.18 : Do men and women participate in caste
panchayat meetings
Men Women Men Women
APL
BPL
Baran 48.39 6.45 66.97 1.83
Churu 57.66 0.90 53.70 0.62
Dausa 100.00 44.44 56.52 17.39
Dholpur 88.99 1.83 82.51 8.74
Jhalawar 8.33 38.46
Rajsamand 72.73 89.01
Tonk 40.00 20.00 83.33 33.33
Total 64.85 2.72 70.83 4.55
Income Changes in Base Line and Non-baseline Households
In the ensuing section, we look at the various types of incomes that DPIP related households
have. All values are constant 1999-2000 prices. These incomes pertain to all households
surveyed, irrespective of whether they participate in DPIP or not. It includes households that
have CIG members.
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