Economic Development of tribal's in Koraput District – An analysis of Schleswig Holstein Evangelical Mission Society Era.

The undivided Koraput District of South Odisha is the district, full of mountains, hilly tracts,highvalleys, narrow passages and inaccessible regions. This was the natural habitat of several colourful aboriginals or adivasis. There was no ample of plain lands to cultivate. Forest was everything for them and they occasionally doing podu and terrace cultivation for their subsistence. However, it was not sufficient for them. So, the economic condition of the tribal was very low and leading the life which was miserable and deplorable. In these circumstances, the SHELMS came to Koraput on 15^th May, 1882 A.D. and introduced and implemented a handful economic measures such as plantation work, coffee gardens, established both Savings and Credit Banks to provide loan at low percentage of interest, set up Co- operative Society etc for the upliftment of the neglected and indigent, illiterate, helpless tribals and protected from local moneylenders and exploitation