Tribal Development Inside Story  (Paperback, Dr. A. K. Singh, Dr. Shashi Singh)

The project titled “Impact of State Scheduled Tribe Finance Development Corporation (STFDC) on the Socio-Economic Status of Scheduled Tribes: A Comparative Evaluation (With special reference to X Five Year Plan) was planned, formulated and executed to measure the status of scheduled tribes and to suggest some special policy measures to improve the status of the section in question in changed scenario which is characterized as human face of development. This book is an outcome of this project. The project was sponsored by U G C, New Delhi.. Purpose of the study was to find out the role of STFDC in the up gradation of socio economic status of Schedule Tribes. On the basis of literature and primary knowledge 22 points scale was preferred to capture various data required for measuring the socio economic status of the STs. It was proposed that difference of combined means between both the periods (before Loan & after loan) will present the position of socio economic status as well as impact of the Scheduled Tribe Finance & Development Corporation on the socio economic status of scheduled tribes. This is a qualitative-quantitative mix method that adopts post positivist approach. The study is designed to falsify the propositions derived by the general perception. The narrative method based on secondary data and descriptive statistics has been used for falsification. For analysis and conclusion we used Participatory Research Method (Office level, Field level and Beneficiary level). In between thirty to Fifty, as per availability, beneficiaries were selected from the list provided by NSTFDC’s regional office Hyderabad, A.P, Bhopal, M.P. and Bhubaneswar, Odisha, who have taken loan for different purposes during Tenth Five Year Plan on availability basis. Go through the book for inside story---