TRIBAL MIGRATION

Seasonal labour Migration is an important dynamic constituent of the contemporary tribal scenario of India. The present book analyzes this basic issue that the large-scale migration is one of the survival strategies adopted by the tribals to save them from starvation, under a condition of the failure of the local support system caused due to increasing population and dwindling command over resources.
The book specially reflects the ground reality of the overexploited western tribal belt of India. Based on the primary data of 2280 households from 66 villages of the tribal district of Jhabua from Madhya Pradesh, it produces a factual analysis of the nature, volume, direction and causes of tribal migration, along with manpower skill component.
Besides migrational analysis, the book rigorously deals with the manpower planning aspects of these poor areas, keeping in view the philosophy that in a risk-prone condition the basic requirement should be to provide a year-round stable sustenance based on local resources, rather than going for large-scale industrialization. With this philosophy, an operational model of cluster planning, centred round tribal markets, has been devised. This model deals with the manpower planning aspect by providing a mix of diversified options, suited to socioecological conditions.