The present study was carried out in purposively selected Jaipur district of Rajasthan to evaluate constraints faced by Women Dairy Cooperative Society (WDCS) members. A sample size of 120 women farmers who were active members of women dairy cooperative societies were randomly selected for study. The data were collected through structured interview schedule. Major constraints recorded were lack of awareness about advantage and facilities provided by the Government and milk unions for rearing animals, lack of knowledge about the women rights for their empowerment, illiteracy, lack of affordability to purchase feed additives and concentrates, high cost of veterinary medicines and inequality in issuing loans. The study also revealed that economic constraints was ranked first with a mean score of 3.06 followed by technological constraints (2.87), infrastructural constraints (2.74), social constraints (2.73), political constraints (2.69), organizational constraints (2.62), psychological constraints (2.56) and personal constraints (2.54).

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