The migrations of tribal people and their changing attitude towards the forests are often held responsible for persistent deforestation in different parts of the world. Even though this discernment is based on facts, analyzing the circumstances that drag tribal people to such situations is also...

The present paper seeks to analyse the actual process of implementation at different institutional levels and the factors that constrain its proper implementation, and to understand its livelihood impact on the potential beneficiaries in the context of Odisha and Jharkhand. [CESS Working Paper...

The paper presents the development status of SC and ST in Andhra Pradesh, their problems and prospects from the inclusive growth and human development perspectives. It presents the prevailing situation in respect of SC/ST and their level of backwardness with respect to parameters such as income,...

The present paper examines the changing nature of employment situation of rural youth in India by social group status, during the last two decades. The large part of the analysis in this paper is based on the NSSO quinquennial surveys on employment and unemployment. In this respect we have used...