Impact of income Generating Activities on Rural Livelihoods of KAWAD Project Beneficiaries

The present study was conducted during 2007-08 in Bellary and Bijapur districts of Karnataka state with 120 beneficiaries of KAWAD project as the sample to analyze the impact of income generating activities on rural livelihoods of Karnataka Watershed Development (KAWAD) project beneficiaries. The study revealed that, the change in overall capital acquisition index was 51.27 per cent before to 78.89 per cent after undertaking income generating activities and t-value calculated was 6.13, which was significant at 1 per cent level. There was non-significant relationship found between independent variables and overall asset improvements among beneficiaries.