Social and Economic Development of Scheduled Tribes

This book deals with the socio-economic status of several scheduled tribes inhabiting in various regions of our sub-continent. Their life style, customs and traditions are quite different from the population in our rural and urban areas. In fact ‘they live in their own world’. Their social backwardness has been assessed at various levels and schemes have been launched for the education of their children, to provide them health facilities as well as jobs for their daily needs. In this book they have made some progress, though much is yet to be achieved. The themes in this book are Scheduled Tribes and the Raj, Scheduled Tribes and British Parliament, their Socio-economic status, Life style in Nicobar Islands, Tribal Rights and Conflicts, Plight of the Bhils, Tribal Economy, Regional Identity and Social Practices.