Social Institutions: Continuity and Change — Sociology STD 12 Humanities — Question
CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 HumanitiesSociologySocial Institutions: Continuity and Change2 Marks
Question
Discuss National Development versus tribal development.
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Answer
National development in the Nehruvian era focused on the building of large dams, factories and mines, etc.
But, because the tribal areas were rich in minerals and forests, they paid a heavy price for the development activity which benefitted the rest of the nation.
The displacement of the tribes has been a result of setting up of dams and factories using the forested areas for various mining and other developmental work.
The idea of private property in land, also, adversely affected the tribes. Tribes who mostly had collective community-based ownership were at a disadvantage in the new system.
For example: series of dams being built over the Narmada River.
Many tribal regions have experienced heavy in-migration of non-tribals into tribal areas due to pressures of development, reducing them to minorities. This threatens to disrupt their cultures and communities. For example- Jharkhand and Tripura.
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