Development Perspectives for Tribals

drawback of the Jharkhand movement since its beginning has been the lack of intellectual support" (EPW, November 7, The government's efforts at tribal development have failed because planners have not understood the needs of the target group. Moreover, these programmes have been top heavy with 80 to 90 per cent of the funds going towards maintaining an administrative structure which supervises the distribution of the remaining meagre allocations.