Approach to Establishing Efficient Tribal/Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group owned Marketing Institutions
Approach to Establishing Efficient Tribal/Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group owned Marketing Institutions
Authors : Nirmallya Mandal and Jitendra Mallick
Over 70% of the population of Tumudibandh block in Odisha’s Kandhamal district belong to the Scheduled Tribe (ST) community of Kondh and Kutia Kondhs (an aboriginal tribal race classified as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group). Notwithstanding its rich vegetation and good rainfall, this region is home to one of the highest concentration of rural poverty in the world. For millennia, tribal communities here have lived in forests, and survived on hunting and gathering.
Physiographically, the entire district lies in a high-altitude area with inaccessible hilly terrain and narrow valley tracts. This inhospitable environment has influenced the socio-economic conditions of its inhabitants and the development of the district. With a Human Development Index score of 0.389, the district ranks a dismal 29th out of the state’s 30 districts, making it one of the most backward districts in the state of Odisha.
Their backwardness is largely attributed to the all-pervasive illiteracy and resultant ignorance.
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