Prevention of Migration among Tribal Group through Special Project
Prevention of Migration among Tribal Group through Special Project
Authors : Karan Girdhar and Richa Singh
“It is obvious that tribal areas have to progress. Nobody wants to keep them as museum specimens. It is equally obvious that they have to progress their own way.” – Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, 1952
Earning livelihood without migration: a success story
Mandli Jayamma, a Chenchu tribal woman from Kollapur mandal of Mahabubnagar district in AP, was given two acres of land under the Recognition of Forest Rights Act 2006 (RoFR). The acres were fallow and did not yield enough for her family to meet even its basic survival needs. Though she tried to augment her income through collection and sale of non-timber forest products (NTFPs), earnings were meagre and largely seasonal. Where baseline survival was at stake, ensuring proper education and healthcare for her three young children while putting aside some savings for the rainy day was a luxury she could not even dream of.
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