TRACK FOUNDATION'S RECONNAISSANCE ON TRIBAL ISSUES IN INDIA 

India has more than 470 tribal groups, each with their district dwellings in villages and forests. There is a quantum jump in the assistance and recognition given to the Voluntary organizations working for the welfare and development of Scheduled Tribes, even though there is a National Commission for Scheduled Tribes. Efforts compromise schemes for educational, economic and social development including protective measures under the SC/ST (Prevention Of Atrocities) Act, and the policy of positive discrimination in public employment and education. However, movements like the land grab and self-rule programs at Panavalli are part of a countrywide drive by tribals for self-governance in the tribal areas. 

The main problems the tribals face are:

i. They possess small and uneconomical landholdings because of which their crop yield is less and hence they remain chronically indebted.

ii. Only a small percentage of the population participates in occupa­tional activities in the secondary and tertiary sectors.

iii. Literacy rate among tribals is very low.

iv. A good portion of the land in tribal areas has been legally transferred to non-tribals. Tribals demand that this land should be returned to them. 

vi. Banking facilities in the tribal areas are so inadequate that the tribals have to depend mainly on moneylenders.

viii. Most of the tribals live in sparsely populated hills and communications in the tribal areas remain tough. 

In brief the main problems of the tribals are poverty, indebtedness, illiteracy, bondage, exploitation, disease and unemployment. 

Tribal people face major problems of finding nutritious food, proper clothing and a roof above their heads to problems of receiving no formal education and thus having no sustainable source of income. 

TRACK FOUNDATION  believes that solving this ecological and social crisis requires that local communities be recognized as the first claimants on natural resources.  The rights of poor communities should be respected and their capacity to manage resources sustainably should be strengthened. 

TRACK FOUNDATION and its Fellows believe that directional social change and sustainable economic development can be achieved by empowering oppressed & vulnerable communities. By equipping people at the grassroots to build and access a society based on the values of justice and equity, a life of fulfillment, dignity and respect can be achieved for all. 

JOIN HANDS WITH US TO HELP THE TRIBAL PEOPLE ACHIEVE A HEALTHY LIVELIHOOD 

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