Rights of Schedule Tribes of India: Acts, Commissions and Recommendations

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The word 'Tribe' denotes a group of people living in primitive and ruthless conditions. These tribes are a social group living in a fixed territory having no such specialization of functions and the people living in these social groups are known as tribes or tribal people. Tribes also have several sub groups and collectively they are known as 'Tribal Society'. Tribes are the inhabitants of forests since pre history and even in this modern world this trend is followed by many people. Tribes constitute around 8.6 percent of the total Indian population, and of the total tribal population around 80 percent are found in Central India. India has the second largest tribal population in the world. In India, Scheduled Tribes are mainly spread across the forests and hilly regions of India. Tribes in India are mainly characterised by their geographical location and distinct culture. In India, tribes are treated very low, are execrated and are even treated as untouchables by the prevailing adherence to social norms and caste system. The tribal people were compelled to perform duties which were considered inferior because of their economic backwardness and illiteracy. Since, these people were ill treated and were not enjoying equal status with other people which is guaranteed to all the citizens of India by Article 14 of The Constitution of India i.e., "The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India", so there was a need to provide these tribal people some rights for their welfare and development. The present book will be useful to scholars and researchers of tribal and Third World studies, sociology and social anthropology.

Ravi Kant Shukla is Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, S.R.A.P. College, East Champaran, a constituent unit of BRA Bihar University, Muzaffarpur. He has authored several academic papers published in national and international journals. He has also attended many national and international seminars.

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