Moulik (1978) was of the opinion that “participation in development process implies stimulating individuals to take the initiative and mobilizing people to work for overall societal development”. Cohen and Uphoff (1980) described participation as “generally denoting the involvement of a significant number of persons in situations or actions which enhance their well-being, e.g. their income, security or self-esteem”. According to Banki (1981), “People’s participation is a dynamic group process in which all members of a group contribute to the attainment of group objectives, share the benefits from group activities, exchange information and experience of common interest, and follow the rules, regulations and other decisions made by the group”.