6.1 Tribal situation in India : tribal populations and their distribution.
- Geographical distribution of the tribals in India
- Population and Numbers of Indian Tribes
- Tribal classification on basis of size
- The Census neglect of indigenous peoples in India
- Racial Elements among Indian Tribes
- Tribal classification On The Basis Of Biogenetic Criteria
- Languages of Tribes In India
- Social Units among the Tribes
- Mate Selection among Indian Tribes
- Economic Classification of Indian Tribes
- Religion of Tribes among India
- Classification According to Culture Contact
- Classification of tribes on basis of Political Organization
- Youth Dormitories in Tribes
- Tribe in Indian context
- Tribes as Indigenous People of India
- Tribe definition and pre and post Independence
- Causes of diversities among Indian Tribes
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6.2 Problems of the tribal Communities —
- Problems of Tribals created by Cultural contact
- land alienation
- poverty
- indebtedness
- Bonded Labour
- Migration
- low literacy and poor educational facilities
- unemployment
- underemployment
- Shifting cultivation
- health and nutrition.
- Drinking
- Left -Wing Extremism
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6.3 Tribe and Forest , Developmental Project – Tribal Displacement
- Developmental projects and their impact on tribal displacement and problems of rehabilitation.
- Development of forest policy and tribals.
- Evolution of Forest Policies Evolution
- FRA,2006 : Provisions , Implementations and Challenges
- PESA,1996 : Provisions , Implementations and Challenges
- Evolution of Land Acquisition Acts
- LARR,2013 : Provisions , Implementations and Challenges
- Land Rights of Scheduled Tribes – All provisions from different acts and Constitutions articles
- Impact of urbanization on Tribes
- Impact of industrialization on tribes in genreal.
- Impact of industrialization on tribes with special referece to central India.
- Globalization impact on Indian Tribes
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7.1 SC, ST, OBC’s
- Problems of exploitation and deprivation of –
- Scheduled Castes
- Scheduled Tribes
- Constitutional safeguards for Scheduled Tribes .
- Other Backward Classes
- Other Backward Classes – Definitions and concepts .
- Various backward committees – identification of obc’s , their problems and suggestions
- National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC)
- Arguments for and against reservations of backward classes
- Constitutional Provisions for OBC’s
- Schemes and Measures for the welfare of the backward classes [obcs]
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7.2 Social change and contemporary tribal societies:
- Impact of modern democratic institutions ,development programmes and welfare measures on tribals and weaker sections.
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7.3 Ethnic Relations
- The concept of ethnicity
- Ethnic conflicts and political developments
- Ethno-Nationalism
- Unrest among tribal communities
- Regionalism and demand for autonomy
- Reform and Revivalist movements among Indian Tribes
- Pseudo-tribalism
- Adivasi consciousness
- Ethnic Conflicts in India and suggestion to prevent
- Social change among the tribes during colonial and post-Independent India.
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8.1 Impact of other religions on tribal societies:
8.2 Tribe and nation state — a comparative study of tribal communities in India and other countries.
- Concept of tribe- nation state
- tribe and nation state in China
- tribe and nation state in Russia
- tribe and nation state in Iran
- tribe and nation state in Africa
- Tribe and Nation State – Australia
- Tribe and Nation State – America
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9.1 Tribal Administration , tribal development and their implementation
- History of administration of tribal areas
- Difference between 5th and 6th schedule
- tribal policies ( Approaches for Tribal Development )
- plans and programmes
- Nomadic, Semi nomadic and Denotified tribes
- The concept of PTGs (Primitive Tribal Groups), their distribution, special programmes for their development.
- Role of N.G.O.s in tribal development.
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9.2 Role of anthropology in –
9.3 Contributions of anthropology to the understanding of –
- regionalism
- communalism
- ethnic movements
- Political movements.
- National Integration
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