Vol. 8, Issue 3 (2019)

Author(s):
B Spandana, Dr. R Geetha Reddy and B Prashanthi

Abstract:
The study was aimed to know the extent of awareness and utilization of schemes by the tribal women in the Medak district of Telangana state. In the present study some ongoing schemes (Kalyana lakshmi/ shaadi Mubarak, Aasara pensions, Aarogya lakshmi and KCR kit/Amma Odi) were selected to study the extent of awareness among tribal women. A total of 60 tribal women were selected and majority of the respondents were belong to the 20-25 years age groups. The data was collected through personal interviews with the help of the structured schedules and was analyzed using standard statistical tools. The results revealed that Majority of the respondents (57%) benefitted from Aarogya lakshmi scheme, 30 percent were benefitted from KCR kit, 10 percent were benefitted from Kalyana lakshmi and only 3 percent were benefitted from Aasara pension scheme.