Tribal area development

Tribal Area Development is one of the most burning issues of today. This is particularly so in the third world countries like India in habited by millions of tribals. It is universally accepted that in most of these, despite considerable overt attention, tribal areas lag woefully behind others in development and the tribals continue to be among the weakest and the most exploited sections of society. There is thus a felt need to examine the fundamentals of tribal development in the light of present policies to evolve more meaningful and effective ones.

This volume on Tribal Area Development is an attempt by the SSRD to meet this need. The eleven papers presented here are the results of in-depth research studies of the issue, by experts with deep knowledge and considerable practical experience. They cover the entire gamut of the tribal problem-agriculture, industry, demography and general issues including education and ecology. The volume is split into four parts. Part one contains four papers dealing with tribal agriculture. Issues regarding industrial development of tribal areas come up for discussion in the two papers in part two. The demo graphic aspects of tribal development family planning and migration-are the objects of study in the two papers presented in part three. The last part consists of three papers dealing with other aspects of the problem-education and ecology.
This book would thus be of immense value to all those interested in analysing the basic issues in tribal developmemt. It should hence be of great interest to Economists, Sociolo gists, Demographers and Educationists having special interest in tribal development. It should also be invaluable to social workers, policy-makers and Government and non Government organisations interested in evolving and implementing meaningful and effective tribal development policies.