Poverty Among Panians a Priminant Trbal Group in the Nilgris District
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2012
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Economic growth with social Justice' or 'growth with equity’ has been the basic
objective o f public policy in India since independence. It refers to a broad based
strategy of_development with an emphasis on reduction of poverty. The extent to
which the poor have actually benefited from the growth process has always been an
issue of academic debate. The available data shows that the percentage o f paar in
India had declined from 54.9pe.rcent in, 1973-74 23,6 percent In 2QQd (ftatlonal
Sample Survey, 2004). But in a plural society , like India, with people o f different
castes and religions, it is equally important to focus on ‘koriz.on.tai: inequalities',
(i.e.) disparities between certain identifiable groups in the economy. In India,
'scheduled tribes' is a historically marginalized social gro.up. In 2004^05 the
scheduled castes and scheduled tribes constituted 25.4 percent of the total
population o f India (NSS,, 6 f Round). Among these two groups, while scheduled
castes suffer from social stigma due to untouchability scheduled tribes have been
characterized by their, primitive traits, distinct culture, geographical isolation and
general backwardness. A,gainst this backdrop, the present study analyses t'ne
prevalence o f poverty among the Panidns a primitive tribal groups in the Nilgiris
district in Tamil Nadu.