Reeta Karra, P.N.Mishra, Pooja Jain
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Kalisindh Thermal Power Project is located near village Undal in State Rajasthan. For construction of this power project land of nearby villages viz Devri, Motipura, Nimoda, Singhania and Undal was acquired. When any project starts, it always impact on nearby area in so many ways. This paper presents the findings about benefits of this Thermal Power Project on villagers of nearby villages. A survey has been carried out on people living in these villages through a structured questionnaire to collect data. As there was not much difference in background of villagers, hence convenience sampling considered appropriate for collection of data. Frequency, percentage, simple arithmetic mean and ANOVA are the statistical tools used for the analysis. With help of this study, it has been concluded that major benefits available for villagers are Employment Generation, Business Opportunities, Skill Development, Onsite Training, Reviving the Economy, Real Estate Speculation, Infrastructure Development like Roads, Shops etc and Facilities Development like ATM, School, Bank, Dispensary etc.
Keywords:
ANOVA, Convenience Sampling, Employment Generation, Reviving the Economy, Skill Development.