Investigation of Socio-Economic Traits of Tibetan Rehabilitants and its relationship to their Problems

Abstract

The present study was conducted during 2009–10 in Uttar Kannada district of Karnataka state. Mundgod taluk of the district where the Tibetans resided were purposively selected with 135 rehabilitants as the sample size. Data were collected to analyze the association of the profile characteristics on livelihood activities of Tibetan rehabilitants. The results revealed that education, family size, annual income, risk orientation, economic motivation and social participation were found to be significantly associated with livelihood activities. Major problems expressed by the Tibetan rehabilitants in livelihood activities were lack of labour force (63.70%), uncertainty of rainfall and lack of irrigation facilities (62.96%), lack of veterinary facilities in the settlement (29.63%) and lack of remunerative price for farm produce and high price fluctuation. Majority of the Tibetan rehabilitants (59.25%) suggested for creating water facilities by sinking open wells, tube wells or by constructing small tanks. A considerable percent of 44.45 suggested training on skill development in the enterprises, followed by 29.62 and 25.92 percent suggested better milk price for the producer and veterinary hospital facilities.