PERSPECTIVE PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF YANADI IN CHITTOOR DISTRICT

Abstract

The Chittor district can roughly be divided into two regions namely the hills and up-land and the plains. The eastern ghats are the most extensive range of hills in this district. Chittoor district was not a homogenous administrative unit in the past. The Yanadi population as per 1971 census in Chittoor district is 38,355 which constitutes 57.41% of the Scheduled Tribe population of the district. The Yanadis can be broadly divided into two sections, the Manchi meaning the good or Superior section and the CHALLLA or the inferior section only the manchi Yanadis are found in Chittoor district. The food of Yanadis mainly consists of rice and roots, tubers and leafy vegetables gathered from fields occasionally flesh or rat, rabbit or fish is added to this. The main occupation of the Yanadis is agriculture and agricultural labourer. There is no special schemes are prepared for the development of Yanadis till today. A review of tribal development activities during the year 1985-86 and 1986-87 reveals that development of agriculture, animal husbandry, trade and business assistance, small scale industries are the important programme implemented. An amount Rs 23,06,450 was spent during 1985-86 to uplift the 563 ST families above the poverty line in 20 Panchayat samithis. An amount of Rs. 28,73,200 was spent during the year 1986-87 to benefit 608 ST families as against 525 targeted families in 20 Panachayat Samithies. During the year 1987-88 an amount of Rs 27,22,800 was sanctioned to uplift 580 families in all the 66 Mandals. The perspective plan envisages the implementation of various development programmes under 6 sectors viz. Agriculture, Horticulture, Minor Irrigation, Animal Husbandry, Services and trade assistance and small sale Industries. The perspective plan is prepared for a period of five years. Basin on the present occupations of the Yanadis , their prefarences and feasibility of the schemes, the agriculture, Horticulture, Minor Irrigation, Animal Husbandry, Service and Trade Assistance, Small Scale Industries, Housing, Education, Training Programme, Subsidy pattern economic benefit schemes are proposed to be implemented under different sectors. The sector wise schemes proposed number of beneficiaries and financial allocation are furnished in the report.