Indian Journal of Economics and Development, Vol 4 (12), December 2016 ISSN (online): 2320-9836 ISSN (Print): 2320-9828 Resettlement & rehabilitation policy: a mechanism of sustainability for displaced women of Odisha Aliva Mohanty Faculty, School of Women’s studies, Utkal University, Vanivihar, Odisha, India dralivamohanty@gmail.com Abstract Background/Objectives: The present paper intends to give coverage to the displaced women of three villages like Trijanga, Gobarghati and Kalinga Nagar of Odisha. To analyse the promises and performances done by TATA Steel for the betterment of displaced women of Kalinga Nagar. Methods Adopted/Statistical Analysis: In the present study the data has been collected from respondents through interview method. Both primary and secondary sources of data collection method have been applied for the study. All total 100 sample displaced women have been selected through stratified simple random procedure. The stratification of the sample will be made on the basis of selection of data from pre and post displacement period. Findings: Displacement of the women from their native place has affected the women a lot. Development induced displacement has a negative impact on the respondents. About 93% of respondents have stayed in the locality of TATA Steel for more than 5 years which states that they have also faced the struggle for their sustainability. 74% of respondents have reported that they have been displaced for the construction of TATA steel plant. 18% of respondents have said that they have been forcibly displaced by the local leaders. About 37 percent of respondents are not satisfied with the compensation provided to them by TATA steel. 75 percent of respondents have reported that they have been displaced to new locality in order to enhance their economic condition. About 12 percent of respondents have the idea that they will get new jobs in the new locality. 70% of respondents are accompanied by their friends while they are displaced. 20 percent of respondents have been accompanied by the local leaders. Improvements: In the eligibility for R & R benefits, the women should be treated at par with their male counterparts. and importance should be given to the households headed by the women. Key words: sustainability, resettlement rehabilitation, displacement 1. Introduction About two-thirds of the world's forcibly uprooted people are displaced within their own country. They are known as internally displaced people (IDP) and UNHCR has been playing an increasingly important role in recent years in assisting them. According to the latest figures released by the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), there were 28.8 million IDPs around the world in 2012, up from 2011. The global number of IDPs has steadily increased from a total of around 17 million in 1997 [1]. The widespread impact of displacement upon the people is largely negative [2]. The environment too goes unheeded. The economic structure of the displaced people collapses. Social structure crumbles down and the habitants turn refugees overnight in their own habitats. The project displacing people from their habitats land, and occupation often shows highly disproportionate and inequitable benefits to those uprooted. This staggering proportion has significant and long term implications not only on the development of society but for securing socio-political harmony. Thus, resettlement and rehabilitation of the displaced women has become a central feature of the development agenda, the 21 st century starts with vast asymmetries in terms of major impoverishment risk factors relating to resettlement which is arising out of displacement such as landlessness, joblessness, homelessness, marginalization, food insecurity, increase in morbidity and mortality, loss of access to common property, and social disarticulation. Displaced women are suffering from multiple deprivations and violations to basic human rights [3]. The rights of displaced women remain at risks. Gender justice can be achieved if there is a conscious effort to move towards emancipator politics. This necessitates addressing the issue on an immediate basis by investing research insight into the phenomenon to make it preventable. 1 www.iseeadyar.org