Rural Development through Asha Workers with special reference to Edathua Panchayath

Rural development is basically concerned with improving the standards of the mass of the low income population residing in rural areas and making the process of their development self-sustaining. The rural development programmes occupy significant position in India‟s economic planning, as nearly three-fourth of its population lives in villages. In fact villages represent real India. Hence without uplifting rural masses, we cannot think over accelerate the pivot of overall economic development. These health care activities were formed when the government realized the fact that majority of the rural people died because of improper medical treatment. ASHA is a first port of any health related demand of deprived section of the population especially women and children which finds it difficult to access health services in rural areas. Now a day‟s Accredited Social Health Activist [ASHA] is becoming popular among rural population with its Reproductive and Child Health [RCH] activities and other health care programs. Therefore an attempt is made to study the role of Accredited Social Health Activist [ASHA] in improving the health needs of rural population. The study is carried out in order to determine the effectiveness of the plan and to create more awareness among the public about ASHA plans. The development of industry leads to development of economy. The objective of this particular study is that to measure the effectiveness of activities of ASHA workers in health sector and to know the level of awareness among people about ASHA workers. The respondents were the villagers of Edathua panchayat and sufficient data were collected through questionnaire. And it is found that ASHA workers play a significant role in the rural development of the village.