Volume : V, Issue : IX, September - 2016

ROLE OF GOVERNMENT AND ITS PROGRAMMES FOR EMPOWERMENT THE SCHEDULED TRIBES IN KARNATAKA

Dr B M Kumara

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 Scheduled tribes population constitute 8.61percent of the total population of the country, numbering 104.28 million (2011 Census) and cover about 15 percent of the country’s area. The fact that tribal people need special attention can be observed from their low social, economic and participatory indicators. Whether it is maternal and child mortality, size of agricultural holdings or access to drinking water and electricity, tribal communities lag far behind the general population and Karnataka has also a sizeable chunk of tribal population. The percentage of permanent houses for tribes is less than 40.0 percent according to the latest data. The poor sanitary condition of ST households is highlighted by the 2011 Census data, which shows that 76.8 percent of households do not have latrines and 62.0 per cent do not have any kind of drainage facilities. It is a well–accepted fact that access to knowledge is crucial to improving the human development status of people in the tribal areas

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Dr B M Kumara ROLE OF GOVERNMENT AND ITS PROGRAMMES FOR EMPOWERMENT THE SCHEDULED TRIBES IN KARNATAKA International Journal of Scientific Research,Volume : 5 | Issue : 9 |September 2016

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