Development of Tribal People of North-East India: Issues and Challenges

The book attempts to provide a clear cut picture on various perspectives and issues affecting development of Tribal People in North-East India. Encounter of tribal communities to globalisation through state policies needs to be considered from different angles. The tribals are tradition bound and their tradition is quite different from that of in the market economy. In a way, it can be stated that their tradition tells on their efficiency/level of skill endowment, which fall short of market requirements. The tribal people should be brought into main stream, if they are to be benefited from the progress on the development front. The Tribal people are facing a number of problems like land alienation, displacement, rehabilitation and degradation of Common Property Resources. They still suffer from poverty, unemployment, and poor access to health and sanitation. This book focuses on the themes: Intervention of Civil society/NGOs for Tribal Development, Health and Tribal Development, Education and Tribal Development, Watershed and Tribal Development, Natural resources management and Tribal Development, Impact of Government policies for tribal welfare, Impact of social movements and Tribal Development, Land alienation and Tribal Development, Agriculture and Tribal Development, Livestock and Tribal Development, Gender Issues and Tribal Development, Role of Panchayati Raj Institution (PRI) for Tribal Development, Poverty Eradication and Tribal Development.