Constraints Of Tribal Development

This book is a maiden attempt to evaluate various tribal development schemes imple-mented for the primitive tribes of West Bengal. It explores multiple constraints for which success remained partial in spite of refinement of our tribal development policies in successive Five Year Plans during the post-independence period. Finally, it provides some context specific suggestions which may pave the way for the formulation of a realistic action plan for our tribal brethren.

Sarit Kumar Chaudhuri (b.1963) is an Anthropologist and teacher in the Department of Tribal Studies, Arunachal University in Itanagar. He has worked among the tribes of Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh and edited four books on the tribes of North-East India. Currently he is attached to the Department of Languages and Cultures of South Asia, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) under University of London, as a post-doctoral fellow and is working for the collaborative project on ‘Tribal Transition: Culture Change in Arunachal Pradesh.’