Tribal socio-economic life and forests are co-related terms without which tribal living cannot be imagined. Tribal economy is mostly hand to mouth economy. It is mainly confined to essentials viz.: food, shelter, cloth and herbs. Its social and cultural structure and level has been framed considering forest as base. With changing times and modern development tribals settlements are threatened and the role of jungles in supplying essentials is diminishing. Endeavour should be made that the jungle-based economy of the tribals are not made zero in near future.This book studies the two major aspects i.e., of tribal settlement in reserve forest areas and minor forest produce.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Devendra Thakur
Dr. Devendra Thakur (b. 1939), D. Litt., a former Professor in L.N. Mishra College of Business Management, P.G. Deptt., B.B.A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur, is Ex-Member, Bihar College Service Commission. A leading educationist, he has taught Economics, Co-operation and Extension in the Rural Institute of Higher Studies, Birauli for more than a decade. He completed his Ph.D. in 1970 and D.Litt. in 1989. He was awarded post-Doctoral Fellowship by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India to study problems relating to Tribals. He visited Naples, Italy, on Italian Government Scholarship to study plan implementation course. A number of articles written by him on Education, Socio-Economic and Political problems have been published in reputed journals of India and also dozens of talks have been broadcast by him fro A.I.R., Patna. He is also author of a number of outstanding books.
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