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The author has traced the genesis of Development of tribal communities of India, their racial classifications and regional concentrations as a prelude before delving deeper into their socio-economic, politic-Jural and cultural commonalities. The Scheduled Tribes of India have a vast and varied cultural and an elaborate social and religious and religious practices. But, barring stray instances, the community as a whole is underdeveloped. Even after more than half century of Planning and despite our stepping into the 21 century of, tribal communities of India are still in a State of acute hardship and deprivation. As yet, we have not fulfilled the coveted objective of mingling them in to the mainstream. Dr.Panda has probed into the core of the matter and crux of the problem. He has critically examined the potent parameters and vital of their backwardness and under development. In the process, he has penetrated into some of the hither to unexplored dimensions. The book with incisive insights, comprehensive analysis and ruminating review make it worth reading for Economists, Anthropologists and Researchers and indispensable for Academicians and Administrators, Planers and Policy makers to reassess their specificities and priorities.
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Pages : 344
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