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A Study on BARTI Administrative Machinery and the Progress of Scheduled Castes in Rural Pune District

Author(s) Jeevan Eknath Gaikwad, Dr. Rani Somnath Shitole
Country India
Abstract This pilot study examines the role of the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Research and Training Institute (BARTI) administrative machinery in advancing the socioeconomic status of Scheduled Castes in rural Pune district. The research involved a preliminary survey comprising 50 Scheduled Caste beneficiaries and 30 administrative officials associated with BARTI. Data collection instruments consisted of a 24-item Likert-scale questionnaire administered to beneficiaries and an 11-item questionnaire for administrators, both employing a five-point agreement scale. Internal consistency reliability analysis revealed critically low values (Cronbach's alpha = 0.758 for beneficiaries and 0.861 for administrators), indicating substantial revisions are required before deploying these instruments in the main study. Despite these psychometric limitations, exploratory statistical analyses were conducted to gauge preliminary trends and identify methodological challenges. One-sample t-tests with a test value of 3 revealed that beneficiaries rated all four dimensions significantly above the neutral midpoint: Educational and Social Advancement (M = 3.85, p < 0.001), Access, Awareness and Timeliness (M = 3.58, p < 0.001), Administrative Support and Grievance Response (M = 3.67, p < 0.001), and Overall Scheme Effectiveness (M = 3.43, p < 0.001). The overall beneficiary satisfaction composite score (M = 3.63, SD = 0.17) and the overall administrative perception composite score (M = 3.63, SD = 0.19) were both significantly elevated above the neutral point. A Mann Whitney U test indicated no statistically significant difference between beneficiary and administrative satisfaction levels (U = 743.5, p = 0.948). Taluka-wise comparisons using one-way analysis of variance revealed no significant variation across the five rural talukas (F(4,45) = 0.425, p = 0.790, eta-squared = 0.036). These preliminary findings suggest predominantly positive perceptions of BARTI's administrative machinery among both beneficiaries and administrators; however, the critically deficient internal consistency renders all results wholly unreliable for substantive interpretation. The pilot study has successfully identified severe psychometric deficiencies without compromising the subsequent full-scale investigation. This outcome fulfills the methodological purpose of a pilot study by enabling comprehensive instrument revision before deployment in the main dissertation research.
Keywords Scheduled Castes, BARTI, administrative machinery, rural development, pilot study, Pune district, psychometric evaluation
Published In Volume 6, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On 2025-12-20
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