A Study on the Impact of Selected Schemes of Integrated Rural Development Programme on Assets and Employment among Rural Beneficiaries in Karnataka
A.S. Ekanthappa, V. Veerabhadraiah
Abstract
A study conducted in Bangalore district involving 120 beneficiaries of Integrated Rural Development Programme revealed that there was not much difference between the value of the materials possessed by the beneficiaries before and after their participation in the programme. As regards employment, there was increase in the absolute number of days of employment for all the categories of beneficiaries after initiation of the IRDP. The additional employment generated in different schemes was highest in bullock-cart scheme followed by sheep rearing and buffalo rearing schemes
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