Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2018) 7(9): 317-329 317 Original Research Article https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2018.709.039 Over All Assessment of Tribals of Udaipur under Livestock Development Service of Tribal Area Development Programme Sonali Sharma 1* , Snehlata Maheshwari 2 , Rajshree Upadhyay 2 , Bhupendra Upadhyay 3 and B.L. Dangi 4 1 SMS (Home Science), KVK-Barmer (Raj.), India 2 Department of Home Science Extension and Communication Management, College of Home Science MPUAT, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India 3 Department of Statistics, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, MPUAT, Udaipur, Raj., India 4 SMS (Animal Science), KVK-Barmer (Raj.), India *Corresponding author ABSTRACT Introduction The tribals forms an integral part of India's social fabric and has second largest concentration of tribal population in the world after that of the African continent. In general tribal societies are small in scale, are restricted in the spatial and temporal range of their social, legal and political relations and possess a morality, a religion and world view of corresponding dimensions. The Indian constitution enjoin on the state the responsibility to promote, with special care, the education and economic interests of scheduled tribes and protect them from social injustice and all forms of exploitation. Thus their development is a special responsibility of the state. With the view to bring the tribal areas or people of the country in the mainstream of economic development and accelerating the pace of socio-economic development, the State Government has made significant efforts to uplift the tribal people and started various activities for their social and economic development. A special programme, known as Tribal Area Developmental Programme (TADP) was taken International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 7 Number 09 (2018) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com The present study was undertaken with the objectives to find out the knowledge and adoption of improved practices promoted under Livestock Development service of TADP among the beneficiaries, opinion of beneficiaries towards the service promoted under TADP and to explore the constraints faced by the beneficiaries of the TADP. The study was conducted in purposively selected Jadol block of Udaipur district. The sample consisted of 60 respondents (30 beneficiaries and 30 non-beneficiaries). Result of the study reveals that knowledge and adoption of beneficiaries as compared to non-beneficiaries were high and significant difference was found. Beneficiaries were in favourable opinion and were having constraints to great extent. Keywords Knowledge, Adoption, Opinion, Constraints Accepted: 04 August 2018 Available Online: 10 September 2018 Article Info