QUESTION: Critically examine the Tribal welfare Administration in Himachal Pradesh? (8 marks/ 60 words)
Answer:
Out of total 55,673 sq. km geographical area of HP, about 23,655 square kilometer area falls in Scheduled V area, which constitutes 42.49 percent of the total area of the state.
Strategy for Tribal welfare Administration:
Tribal development envisaged a two- pronged strategy to cover both the concentrated and dispersed tribals.
Department of Tribal Development works for the social and economic upliftment of Scheduled Tribes of the state.
There are several schemes of Scheduled Tribes Development Department which include
As per the Socio-Economic Caste Census of 2011, tribals of HP are better off among Scheduled Tribe (ST) households in the rural areas of India. Nearly 21.37 percent ST rural households have an income of more than Rs 10,000 per month and as many as 42.76 percent tribal households own irrigated agricultural land. Among salaried government jobs too, HP tribals are ahead of other states with 23.72 percent such households with at least one member in a government job.
However, this does not represent the complete picture of the scheduled tribes in Himachal. The state’s tribal areas have a lower literacy rate at 73.64 percent against the state average of 82.80 percent.Owing to their present in the remote and geographically challenging areas (Lahaul, Spiti, Kinnaur and Chamba districts) their access to health services is low, which reflects in the poor health infrastructure in tribal areas as well as low health attainments. The remoteness of tribal habitations, while creating barriers in mobility, also pose challenges in the provisioning of basic public services like – primary and secondary health services, school and higher education, banking services- apart from low access to established market.
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