Tribal Studies

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
• Previous Years Questions

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
• Previous Years Questions

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
• Previous Years Questions

7.1 SC, ST, OBC’s

• Problems of exploitation and deprivation of –
  • Scheduled Castes
    • Concepts – definitions – Dalit Vs Scheduled Castes
    • Problems of SC’s
    • Constitutional safeguards for Scheduled Castes.
    • National Commission for SC’s
    • Initiatives SC’s Development
  • Scheduled Tribes
    • Constitutional safeguards for ST’s
    • Fifth Schedule : Special administrations, recommendations for proper working
    • Legal and Administrative Structures in Northeast India
    • Sixth Schedule : Special administrations, recommendations for proper working
    • National Commission for 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]
  • Previous Years Questions

7.2 Social change and contemporary tribal societies:

• Impact of modern democratic institutions ,development programmes and welfare measures on tribals and weaker sections.
• Previous Years Questions

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.
• Previous Years Questions

8.1 Impact of other religions on tribal societies:

• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Christianity
• Islam
• Previous Years Questions

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
• Previous Years Questions

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.
• Previous Years Questions

9.2 Role of anthropology in –

• tribal development
• rural development.
• Previous Years Questions

9.3 Contributions of anthropology to the understanding of –

• regionalism
• communalism
• ethnic movements
• Political movements.
• National Integration
• Previous Years Questions

Extra Resource

• Case study : Tribal Media and Tribal Empowerments
• Identity Politics and Search for Liberation
• Cultural diversity and Multiculturalism