Sociological implications of development projects in India: With a case study of dul and hasti project in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir India Kumar Sudesh Phd Scholar, Department of Sociology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India Online published on 7 April, 2014. Abstract The present research paper seeks to reveal the various socio-economic implications of the power developmental projects both positive and negative. The social issues arising out of such projects include forced migration of the local population, employment and labor issues, educational transitions of the student folk besides gender issues. Attempts have been made during the present study to interrogate into the processes of social mobility, stratification and differentiation arising due to the transitions towards set back or forwards in the economic system of the areas under and near such developmental projects. The current study is partially based on the M.phil project done by the present scholar. Extensive fieldwork has been carried out with interview schedule used as the major research tool. Data has been collected from both primary and secondary sources. The primary methods of data collection included field work, through the use of interview which was supported by an interview schedule and observation which was mainly the non participant. For the present study one village Dul and one town Cinema colony were selected from which 25 households form each have been selected through purposive sampling. The secondary sources of data were collected through books, magazines, newspaper journals, internet, and government offices etc. Top Keywords Compensation, Development, Displacement, Dul Hasti, Migration, Projects, Rehabilitation, Sustainable development. Top |