BOOK RELEASED

ISSUES ON TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN RELEASED ON 15 MAY,2018 IN BHAIRAB GANGULI COLLEGE,KOLKATA DURING WORKSHOP.

THE BOOK IS RELEASED BY VICE CHANCELLOR OF WEST BENGAL STATE UNIVERSITY,KOLKATA

Issues on Tribal Development

Editors

Dr. Debesh Bhowmik

Sourav Kumar Das

In collaboration with

Belur Research Association of Social Science, Kolkata

93/2/4, Dharmatala Road, P.O: Belur Math,

District: Howrah, State: West Bengal, India, Pin: 711202

Registration No.: S/2L 56036 of 2016–17

email: brassindia2016@gmail.com

Publisher---RUPALI, KOLKATA

The book consists of 18 articles.The foreword has been written by Prof. Dr. Ratnakar D B

Director (Academics), International Multidisciplinary Research Foundation, India.

President, RPM Research & Educational Society, India.

Member, Board of Directors, DRPF University, Macedonia. Member, Centre for Scientific Research & Education, Sri Lanka.

It covers wide range of themes on tribal development .About historical development on tribe, Dr.Debesh Bhowmik studied about the origin, evolutionary process in ancient India, categories of tribes in Europe, America, Africa and their livelihood patterns. On political development, the problem of displacement of tribes was explained through an article of Nidhi Chowdhury. There are innumerable Sociological factors allied with history which affect the development of tribes that is explained in an important article written by Prof.Kousik Chattopadhyay. Prof.Sudin Chattopadhyay ,in his essay,expressed that Santhals were Historically  oppressed,deprived and were treated as slave during British empire

in India. How did they unitedly revolt against British colonial rule was exclusively designed by the author.Prof.Gustavo Pcho explained the socio-political status of the tribes of Peru showing their housing,food,livelihood,recognition and employment scenario in comparison to general citizens in a nice way.On gender studies of tribes, emphasis was given to inequalityof educational opportunities, employment opportunities, social deprivation and exploitation and women empowerment by Prof Ramnaresh Thakur and Shib sankar Hembram. Consumption

patterns and consumption variation of different tribes of West Bengal were theoretically and empirically examined in a nice way by Sourav Kumar Das,Jagannath Biswas and Soumik

Majumder. Health care facilities, infrastructure of tribal health care, tribal diseases, recommended health policies of tribes in India have been incorporated from the studies of Suvojit Pahari and Dr.Debesh Bhowmik .Literacy problem and of tribal education

and educational attainments of tribes in India are clearly shown in three articles,one by Debjani Mitra (Sarker) and Sudipta Sarker , two by Prof C.B.Singh and Prof.Ankita Jasmina Lall and three by Dr.Aruni Kumar. Socio-economic and cultural development of tribes in the Tharus of Uttarakhand were exemplified by Prof.D.K.P.Chaudhary and Prof.Manoj Kumar Tripathi. On finance and entrepreneurship of tribes, role of micro-finance among tribal women households and other male tribes in tribal areas of West Bengal have been emphasized by an article of Bhajan Chandra Burman. Causes of poverty, poverty stricken tribes in Indian

provinces and the policies of amelioration are also included in this book written by Dr.Bibekananda Basu. Employment opportunities of tribes through MGNREGS in tribal districts of West Bengal were empirically studied by Prof.Kishore Naskar. Prof. Debasish Biswas showed the impact of deforestation and forest policy of India on the tribal people who have been suffering a lot in housing and livelihood especially in North-East India.

This book will be helpful to the students who work in the areas of tribal development.This book may be useful to the policy makers too.

Chapter 1

Tribal Development: History and Theory

In Search of the Tribes around the World

Debesh Bhowmik ................................................................................................3

From Jana to Nitibe: A Critique of Postmodern Concept nationalization

of Tribal Development

Kaushik Chattopadhyay....................................................................................44

Debating Tribal Disadvantages: Development Induced Displacement

Nidhi Chowdhary..............................................................................................73

The Santhals and The Hool of 1855

Sudin Chattopadhyay........................................................................................83

Chapter 2

Gender Studies on Tribal Development

Gender Inequality in Education among the Tribes of West Bengal

and Related Issues

Shibthakur Hembram........................................................................................92

Problems of Tribal Women: Obstacles in the Way of Development

Ram Naresh Thakur........................................................................................ 110

Chapter 3

Consumption, Health and Education Status of Tribes

Literacy among Tribes in India

Aruni Kumar................................................................................................... 132

Theoretical Background of Consumption Variation of Major Tribes

Across Regions in West Bengal

Sourav Kr Das, Jagannath Biswas and Soumik Kanti Ghosh........................142

x Issues on Tribal Development

Glipse of Tribal Education in India

Debjani Mitra and Sudipta Sarkar.................................................................174

Health Issues in Tribes in West Bengal: A Critical Appraisal

Suvojit Pahari and Debesh Bhowmik.............................................................190

Chapter 4

Socio-Economic Development of Tribes

Socio-Economic Development of Tribes in India

C.B.Singh and Ankita Jasmina Lall................................................................208

SHIPIBOS – KONIBOS IN LIMA: The Struggle of an Amazonian

Native Town In A Jungle Of Concrete

PechoPecho, Elias Gustavo............................................................................222

Forest or Farm: Conservation and Impact of Relocation

on the Tharus of Uttarakhand

D.K.P. Chaudhary and Manoj Kumar Tripathi...............................................238

Chapter 5

Finance and Enterpreneurship of Tribes

Impact of Micro Finance on Tribal Household: A study of Jangal Mahal

Area of Bankura District

Ratan Saha...................................................................................................... 251

Micro-Finance and Development of Tribal Women: A case study

Bhajan Chandra Burman................................................................................264

Chapter 6

Poverty and Inequality of Tribes

On Poverty and Tribal Development

Bibekananda Basu..........................................................................................279

Chapter 7

Employment opportunity of tribes

Performance of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee

Scheme(MGNREGS) in West Bengal with Special Reference to Tribal

Region (Bankura, Paschim Medinipur and Purulia)

Kishore Naskar...............................................................................................302

Chapter 8

Forest Resource, Forest Policy and Tribal Development

Movement of Tribals to Save the Biodiversity of Forest with Special

Reference to North-East India

Debasish Biswas.............................................................................................338

Bibliography ..................................................................................................349