Knowledge gained by farm women through CSR activities of vedanta in Jharsuguda district of Odisha

The study was undertaken in the operational area of Vedanta in Jharsuguda district of Odisha. Since the corporate house has the highest investment under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of Rs. 63.21 crore in Odisha and implemented various developmental programmes for the welfare of the tribal communities particularly women and children, the Vedanta in Jharsuguda has been purposively selected for the study. The knowledge gained is a very important parameter which affect the adoption level of various developmental activities. Survey research design was used to gather data. Multiphase sampling technique has been followed to select blocks, panchayats, villages and respondents. The study sample included a total of 240 women in the operational area of Vedanta. The study revealed that majority of the respondents (65.84%) had medium socioeconomic status. Significant gap (35.33%) was observed on the extent of knowledge gained by the beneficiary and other category of the respondents on different developmental activities like rehabilitation and resettlement, creation of community assets, health care and sanitation, infrastructure developed, educational and farm activities. Statistical tools used were percentage, mean score, standard deviation, rank order and score gap.