Information Sources Used by Gram Panchayat Members for Agricultural Development

In the beginning of the 21^st century a global development taking place and India is supported to keep pace with it, farmers all over country are supported by the State Govt. through various development schemes. Leaders in the villages i.e. Gram Panchayat members use many other sources for agricultural development.The study was undertaken in the year 2012-13. A sample of 120 GramPanchayat members was randomly selected in 10 villages of Amravati Panchayat Samiti of Amravati District of Maharashtra. Majority (61.67%) of members had medium level of use of information source. Among the selected characteristics, education, land holding, occupation, annual income, social participation, cosmopoliteness, agricultural progressiveness, extension contact and knowledge were positive and significantly related with use of information source where as age was non-significant with use of information source.