Development programmes for enhancing technical knowledge and skill competency of the tribal people in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha

There are various agencies like ITDA, DWO, Lodha and Mankadia development agency working for the development of tribal people. In spite of that majority of tribal people use land only in kharif season and migrated to other places for alternative occupation in lean period. The study was conducted to analyse the development programme of these agencies in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha purposefully as the district enriched with most number of tribal people. Four blocks were selected randomly each one from four sub divisions and three villages were selected randomly from each block totaling to twelve villages. Fifteen tribal people were selected from each village with sample size of 180. The findings showed that majority of the respondents knew very well about the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act programme which was most useful developmental programme for the benefit of tribals. The extent of facilities availed by the respondents reflected that the respondents got maximum facility from Antodyoya Anna Yojana or popularly known as BPL rice. Regarding the availability of technical support from the departments in farm activities, it was found that maximum support came from the agriculture departments. The respondents availed the seed from department as critical input most of the times. About the benefit of the developmental schemes, it was found that District Primary Education Programme had a major role for the change in knowledge. With regards to the extent of demand for different departments for the development in the agriculture and allied sector, it was found that there was intense demand for the service from agriculture department.