Curriculum Adivasi Economies
Adivasi Economies
The economic lives of India's Scheduled Tribes: forest livelihoods, minor forest produce, the Forest Rights Act, PESA and self-rule, mining and displacement, shifting cultivation, Van Dhan and fair prices, public spending, schools, health and nutrition, and tribal art markets.
- India's Adivasis: An Overview Who India's Scheduled Tribes are, where they live, and why they remain among the poorest groups despite rich natural resources in their regions. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Forest Economy: Tendu, Mahua and More How millions of tribal families earn from collecting forest products like tendu leaves, mahua flowers and sal seeds, and why they often get low prices. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Forest Rights Act How the Forest Rights Act of 2006 recognised forest dwellers' rights to land and resources, how many claims have been granted, and why implementation has been uneven. 📄 Read-aloud
- PESA: Self-Rule in Tribal Areas How the PESA Act of 1996 gave gram sabhas in Scheduled Areas powers over land, resources and local markets, and why states have been slow to implement it. 📄 Read-aloud
- Mining, Land and Displacement Why mining in tribal regions has displaced many Adivasis, how compensation and resettlement have often fallen short, and how District Mineral Foundations aim to share benefits. 📄 Read-aloud
- Shifting Cultivation (Jhum) How shifting cultivation works in the Northeast and parts of central India, why it can be sustainable with long fallows, and why shorter cycles now cause problems. 📄 Read-aloud
- Adivasi Economies: Checkpoint 1 Quick checkpoint - five questions on India's tribes, forest produce, forest rights, PESA and mining. 5 questions
- Van Dhan and Fair Prices for Forest Produce How minimum support prices for minor forest produce and Van Dhan processing centres aim to raise tribal incomes by cutting out middlemen and adding value. 📄 Read-aloud
- Spending on Tribal Development How governments earmark budgets for tribal development through the tribal sub-plan, why funds are sometimes diverted or unspent, and debates about effectiveness. 📄 Read-aloud
- Education in Tribal Areas Why tribal children lag in education, the role of residential schools like Eklavya, and why teaching in tribal languages matters. 📄 Read-aloud
- Health and Nutrition in Tribal Communities Why tribal communities face higher malnutrition, disease and mortality, including sickle cell disease, and how health services are trying to reach them. 📄 Read-aloud
- Tribal Art in the Market How tribal art forms like Warli, Gond and Dhokra reached national and global markets, who captures the value, and how artists can benefit more. 📄 Read-aloud
- Adivasi Economies: The Way Forward What could improve tribal livelihoods - rights, consent, value addition and services - and a recap of the module. 📄 Read-aloud