Anthropology of Primitive Tribes in India


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The Scheduled Tribe Groups Who Were Identified As More Backward Communities Among The Tribal Population Groups Have Been Categorized As Primitive Tribal Groups (Ptgs) By The Government At The Centre In 1975. So Far Seventy-Five Tribal Communities Have Been Identified As Primitive Tribal Groups In Different States Of India. These Hunting, Food-Fathering, And Some Agricultural Communities, Who Have Been Identified As More Backward Communities Among The Tribal Population Groups Need Special Programmes For Their Sustainable Development. The Primitive Tribes Are Awakening And Demanding Their Rights For Special Reservation Quota For Them. The Thirty Articles Presented In This Volume Give An Idea About The Situation Prevailing Among The Primitive Tribes In India. The Majority Of The Primitive Tribal Population Groups In India Are In Perpetual Poverty And Stands Much Below The Poverty Line, Suffering From An Alarming Malnutrition And High Illiteracy. The Government Must Take Initiative More Seriously, Sincerely, And Effectively To Create Sustainable Development Programmes Among Them.




Development of Primitive Tribal Groups in India


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1. Introduction 2. The Totos 3. The Lodhas 4. The Chenchus 5. Tribal Development: Programme and Strategy in Historical Perspective 6. Welfare Programmes P.T.Gs (Primitive Tribal Groups) 7. Conclusion: Transformations and Change 8. Suggestions and Recommendations 9. Present Programmes and Policies: Identified Primitive Tribal Groups in India 10. Crucial Areas for Urgent Action 11. Primitive Tribal Groups in States/UTs) 12. Primitive Tribes of Jharkhand: A Brief Note 13. U.P. and Uttaranchal 14. Primitive Tribe of Manipur 15. Kerala 16. Tamil Nadu Bibliography Index







Primitive Tribal Groups in Eastern India


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This work is an outcome of painstaking field work in different parts of eastern India by the distinguished and top-notch action anthropologist P.K. Bhowmick. This book is very helpful to the administrators, planners, social scientist, social workers and others who want to overcome the constrains for the real development of different tribal groups.




Encyclopedia of Primitive Tribes in India


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These two volumes make a comprehensive and analytic anthropological study of 63 major primitive tribes of India in an alphabetical order. Attention has been paid to the significant aspects of the identity of the primitive tribes. These are mainly statutory positions, surnames, tribe s ethnic identity, distribution of population, family and clan, language and literacy, life cycle and related customs, dress, ornaments, food habits , traditional occupations, religious beliefs, festivals, social change and mobility.These volumes will be useful for bureaucrats, planners, anthropologists, teachers and students in India and abroad. The material on these primitive tribes has deep bearing on micro-study gathered from the writings of the reputed academicians. The Bibliography with regard to these volumes is fairly comprehensive. An effort has been made not to leave any old and new publication without giving it proper recognition in these tribes.Vol. 1 : Encyclopaedia of Primitive Tribes of India, Vol. 2 : Encyclopaedia of Primitive Tribes of India







Primitive Tribes of Orissa and Their Development Strategies


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The Book Presents An In-Depth Study Of Various Measures And Provisions Adopted To Redress The Problems Of The Tribals And For Bringing Them To The National Mainstream. It Provides Extensive Details Of The Ethnographic Features Of The Entire Primitive Tribes With Realistic Description Of Their Pathetic Life.




Primitive Tribal Groups in India


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The Primitive Tribal Groups Embrace Such Tribal People Who Are Characteristically Benighted In The Different Dimensions Of Their Way Of Life. Economically They Still Indicate Their Specific Trend Of Continuation Of The Archaic Pattern Of Existence. Living Very Close To Nature And Their Utter Dependence On Bountiful Natural Resource Their Way Of And Basic Philosophy Have Been Molded Accordingly And Thus Any Soft Of Severance From This Deep-Rooted Matrix Results In An Unbalancing Situation. After Having Specially Identified As The Primitive Tribal Groups By The Government Of India On The Basis Of Certain Administrative Criteria These Sorted Out Tribal Communities Are Promised Offer All Types Of Help And Cooperation For Mitigating Their Hazards And Anxieties, Consternation And Tribulation In Their Life-Situation. It Has Been Observed From The Working Of The Various Efforts Up By The Government, For The Developmental Activities Of The Ill-Fated People That Varied Constraints Have Thwarted The Very Endeavor Due To Certain Obvious Reasons. In Order To Understand The Very Pretext Of Unwanted Situation There Is An Urgent Necessity To Study The Different Aspects Of Life And Thinking Patterns Of These Primitive Tribes Distinctive As They Differ From Each Other In Content And Character. This Anthology Has Taken The Ardent Pledge To Highlight Copiously The Integrated Perspective Of The Different Dimensions Life Of The Primitive Tribal Groups Living In The Different Ecological Settings In The India And Having Discrete Understanding As Well As Problems. The Total Canvas Has Been Designed Here With The Empirical Finding On Ptgs Contributed By Celebrated Scholars With Conspicuous Expertise In The Domain Of Tribal Studies. It Is Expected That This Compendium Would, But Of Its Merits Invite A Wide Range Of Readership From The Different Of Human Studies In General And The Administrative Personnel Connected With The Tribal Development Planning And Implementation Pattern Especially Among The Primitive Tribal Groups In Particular.




Development of a Primitive Tribe


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Study conducted in the villages of Malkangiri District of Orissa, India.




Health of Primitive Tribes


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Contents: Primary Health Care in India: Policies, Infrastructure and Problems, Research Methodology, Ethnographic and Health Profile of the Madias, Health and Cultural Profile of Katkaris, Health Care Practices Among the Kolams, Health and Drinking Water Facilities in Tribal Maharashtra, Understanding Tribal Health Care in the Context of Development, Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations.