Volume : II, Issue : II, February - 2013

Analysis of Economic Aspects of Beneficiaries of Indira Kranthi Patham Programme in Andhra Pradesh

T. Saidanna, A. Sailaja, I. Sreenivas Rao

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With the increasing population pressure,technological advances in the competitive global market,large number of people in India are bereft of stable livelihoods.It is now widely accepted today that promotion of large number of livelihoods especially for rural poor and women has emerged as the most significant development challenge of the century.The largest poverty alleviation project being implemented by Society for elimination of rural poverty(SERP) and funded by DRDA in Andhra Pradesh is Indira Kranthi Patham (IKP.The goal of the Indira Kranthi Patham project is to reduce poverty of below poverty line households through sustainable community based women organizations by introducing livelihood interventions through institution building, human resource capacity building and community managed sustainable agriculture. With this background in view an attempt was made to study only few components of IKP such as economic aspects(capital formation, expenditure pattern and benefits accrued of the programme) pertaining to only women SHG members of BPL families to know the percolation of the programme among the needy so as to improve their livelihood status. Majority of respondents perceiving that capital formation was medium, had medium expenditure pattern and had access to nutrition and health care services. Group livelihoods pertaining to agricultural activities need to promoted in the area by utilizing finance meant for the purpose. SERP needs to ensure that all the benefits reach a SHG in a coherent manner.

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T. Saidanna, A. Sailaja, I. Sreenivas Rao Analysis of Economic Aspects of Beneficiaries of Indira Kranthi Patham Programme in Andhra Pradesh International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.II, Issue.II February 2013

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