2022/09/18 by Eswarappa Kasi · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #South Asian Studies and Conflicts #Social and Economic Development in India #Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
paper · doi:10.1177/00219096221123748
openalex publication_date 2022/09/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15
India is home to a large number of tribal or Adivasi communities. Particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) are one among them. The Indian state initiated several development programs in its affirmative action to benefit PVTGs. However, these initiatives have shown some effects on the ground, still a long way to go. After globalization, a lot of studies claim and argue that the state is slowly withdrawing from its agenda and encouraging multinational companies or corporations (MNCs) to take its role. The MNCs have started their operations by extracting resources without helping Adivasi communities. It led to large-scale protests by the tribal people and civil society organizations. The paper critically discusses development initiatives of the post-independent state to ameliorate the conditions of the PVTGs as part of their affirmative action policies. Furthermore, the paper draws inferences from secondary data sources collected from published and unpublished sources, documents, reports, and online sources.