Availment of Benefits of Integrated Rural Development Programme by Beneficiaries

The present study was conducted in Parbhani district of Maharashtra state. Twenty five villages were selected on the basis of highest recovery under IRDP. Most of the IRDP beneficiaries were young, able to read and write only, belonged to Special backward class caste, having small family size and engaged in occupation of cultivation. Majority of them had annual income from rupees 4001 to 6000, land in between 1.1 to 2.00 ha., high use of sources of information and low level of social participation. Most of the IRDP beneficiaries availed medium benefits from IRDP. Cent per cent IRDP beneficiaries faced the constraint of delay in getting the benefits.