Changes in employment pattern of selected households of Wadi programme in Korba district of Chhattisgarh

Abstract

The present study is based on impact assessment of wadi programme with the following objectives: To find out the changes in employment pattern of selected household of wadi programme. One hundred twenty wadi farmers were selected randomly from Korba district for the year 2016-17, which were related to general characteristics of sample households and changes on changes on employment pattern of selected households before and after wadi programme. The major findings of this study revealed that Per capita employment was very low in before wadi programme which is 92.58 days in a year. During rabi and summer season, sample households migrated from village in the search of employment and after wadi programme per capita employment was increase in 121.82 days in a year maximum employment was provided by non-farm sector on an average per family employment was increased 33.00 percent.