American Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

The present paper intends to analyse the IWM Programmes implemented by government in Keonjhar District of odisha Named “Khidikhidi Nala Micro-Watershed” of Telkoi block and its various impact on the social-economic background and the educational status of the family residing in that areas. The present study used the survey method to collect data from different primary and secondary sources and taken Keonjhar District as sample and analyse the data accordingly. To analyse the above situation three objectives are made by the researchers like: To highlight different interventions implemented in Odisha, To assess the impact of the interventions on livelihood system and household food security of the poor and marginalized, To examine the impact of interventions on crop production/productivity, cropping systems/cropping intensity, farm / nonfarm employment and income etc., To determine the impact of interventions on health and education status of the people. At the same time same numbers of research questions are framed to make the analysis fruitful. After a marathon analysis researchers found that: The implemented watershed programme develops the socio-economic status of the people in that area in the same time the particular intervention develops the employment scenario significantly of the area. This watershed programme also helps to reduce the skilled labour migration as well as the migration of the general tribal people migration to the urban city area. Along with above findings also it was found that the intervention developed the bio-diversity scenario in fragile ecosystem of that particular area like: soil conservation, land conservation, vegetative index or greenery and reduced runoff etc. In last we can conclude that the particular intervention has an influence in different sectors (education, health, soil and land conservation, along with other positive environmental effects.