Socio-Economic Characteristics of Beneficiary and Non-Beneficiary Respondents in Mahanadi Basin, Chhattisgarh

Abstract: The present investigation entitled “A study on impact of Mahanadi reservoir canal irrigation system on socio-economic upliftment of farming community in Chhattisgarh’’ was conducted in Mahanadi reservoir canal irrigation system of Chhattisgarh state during the years 2017-18 and 2018-19. The methodology and the findings were culled out from the detailed study in the area. The independent variables in the study were education, size of family, social participation, occupation, size of land holding, annual income, credit acquisition, cosmopolitans, level of aspiration, economic motivation, scientific orientation, adoption of modern agricultural practice, cropping intensity, irrigation timing for rice crop, no. of irrigation for rice crop, indirect benefit of canal irrigation and irrigation availability. Socio- economic status of farm families and productivity of major crop (rice) were considered as dependent variables for the study.