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Challenges of Tribal Development: Contemporary Social Concerns (Hardback)

Challenges of Tribal Development: Contemporary Social Concerns (Hardback)

Edited by V Srinivasa Rao
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ISBN 13
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9788131611869
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2021
The tribals in India who have been rich in terms of possessing natural resources in their respective regions, still continue to live in underdevelopment and are inaccessible to most of the development indicators. The present volume provides critical insights to understand the major challenges of tribal development in India. Why do we discuss the challenges of tribal development even after 74 years of India’s independence? Is tribal development a priority to the successive governments? If so, why scheduled tribe (ST) communities are still lagging much behind as compared to rest of the social groups, including scheduled castes, in social, political and economic indicators? Why is tribal development a major challenge? This volume offers a fairly comprehensive account of a wide range of insights with reference to such issues across the states. It is evident from the available data that most of the wealth from the tribal areas is being driven for the development of non-tribal areas in India. This itself constitutes one of the major challenges of tribal development in India. The authors find that areas such as education, health, displacement, forest, governance, livelihood promotion, poverty etc. constitute the biggest challenge to tribal development. What is needed to address the challenges of tribal development is a strong will of the state and a sound social determination among various civil society groups. The present volume, while discussing the issues pertaining to agriculture, decentralisation, displacement, education, forest rights, governance, health and livelihood with reference to scheduled tribes in India, also suggests some policy measures. It covers a range of research areas on tribal studies in the interdisciplinary perspective. CONTENTS Part I: Education, Health and Governance 1. Retaining Tribal Children in Schools: Challenges and Policy Concerns / Tattwamasi Paltasingh 2. Implementation of English Medium in Government Schools: A Perspective of Scheduled Tribes in Andhra Pradesh / Kandrakonda Jhansi 3. Challenges of Secondary Education: A Study on Educational Status of Scheduled Tribes / Thomas K.J. and V. Srinivasa Rao 4. Tribal Health and Healthcare Challenges in India: Issues and Concerns / Rajesh Raushan and Geeta Sahu 5. Tribal Health Burden and Challenges: A Study of Andhra Pradesh / A.V. Lakshmi 6. Health, Hygiene and Nutrition of Tribal Children in Ashram Schools: A Sociological Study in Maharashtra / Srabanti Choudhuri 7. Ethnomedical System and Health Management Practices: A Study among Kanikkars Tribe of Kerala / Mini P.V. 8. Tribal Displacement and the Need of Good Governance / Nilakantha Panigrahi 9. Genesis and Evolution of Secularism in India: A Critique of Constitutional Jurisprudence and the Tribal Perspective / Aniruddha Babar 10. Decentralisation, Forest Governance and Tribes in West Bengal: An Ethnographic Reflection / Subhandu Patra Part II: Forest Rights, Agriculture and Livelihood 11. Tribal Livelihood Promotion: Reimagining a New Socio-Economic Order / Suryamani Roul 12. Implementation of Forest Rights Act in Andhra Pradesh: An Assessment / Palla Trinadha Rao 13. Tribal Women in the Agriculture and the Market: A Case Study from Chhattisgarh / Kritika Mishra and Nilakantha Panigrahi 14. Livelihood Status of Tribal Women: A Study of PVTGs in Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh / Mutluri Abraham