Minor Forest Produce and Rights of Tribals

Minor Forest Produce and Rights of Tribals Vidhya Das For the ostensible purpose of protecting the right of the tribals to their livelihood, government policies have in fact been dispossessing the tribals from access to local resources and maintaining their own economy. The struggle waged by Mandibisi Mahila Mandal in Orissa for control over minor forest produce is just one case of tribal assertion against unjust government machinery.