Socio-economic status of tribes during globalisation of the Indian Economy

The Indian State must aim to ensure that all sections of society share in the economic and social prosperity of the country. More than two decades have passed in implementing the new economic policy by the Government. The economic crisis in the mid-eighties had forced the then government to go for a lone and fall in line with the conditionality of international financial Intuitions like World Bank and IMF. This was done on the name of globalizing Indian economy and integrating it to the world economy. It was thought that the policy would not only end the economic deadlock but would also bring prosperity to all including weaker and marginalized sections of society. It is widely acknowledged that a large section of the Indian population, especially the tribal communities, have not received the full benefits of development processes undertaken over the past seven decades. After independence, the government of India introduced various policies and programmes to uplift the tribes in the country. Chronic efforts by constitute committees and commissions have been adapting to development of tribes in India. Consequently, various programmes / schemes were introduced and these programmes certainly have impact on socio economic development of the tribes. Meanwhile, in the recent, globalisation hits the tribal economy in various dimensions.