Mining Led Industrialisation and Its Impact on Human Development in Odisha: A critical Analysis of the Role of DMF in the State

High economic growth has been one of the primary objectives of India for which different strategies have been adopted. But in the post reforms period exploitation of mineral resources has been seen as a source of economic growth in many states of India including Odisha. While this has opened a vast scope for mining led industrialization, the unethical aspects is that the unsustainable and noneconomic exploitation of these resources not only retards economic growth but also affects human development adversely by displacing a major share of labour from production process and by destroying the sources of livelihood. This paper examines these impacts of mining induced displacement by different mines in different localities on human development among the rural tribal households of Odisha. Further the role of DMF for boosting the development of mining affected households as well as mining affected areas is discussed with poor and negligible performance in the State.