Abridgement of reports; arranged chronologically.

A comprehensive resource on the formation of tribal business entities. Hailed in Indian Country Today as offering "one-stop knowledge on business structuring," the Handbook reviews each type of tribal business entity from the perspective of sovereign immunity and legal liability, corporate formation and governance, federal tax consequences and eligibility for special financing. Covers governmental entities and common forms of business structures.

This book is a collection of 13 articles on little-known tribal movements in India, featuring case studies covering all the major issues concerning tribal populations, including political autonomy, the struggle for resources, minimal social opportunities and basic social responsibilities. The specific movements discussed include: - Dalitism in Jharkhand; - the Kamatpur separatist movement in North Bengal; - land struggles in Uttar Pradesh and Kerala; - overall discrimination in schooling, heath and poverty alleviation programmes.

The Tribals constitute a share of about eight per cent of the country s population and spread over about 1/5 part of the country s land with more than 500 different tribal groups having special cultural traits and identity. The term development has been used in wider sense, it is a slow process of civilization. The purpose of development is to provide increasing opportunities to all the people for better life. Keeping in view the importance of development of tribals in first chapter I have discussed thoroughly the concept and policy of development including special provisions provide in constitution. In record chapter the role of commissions and committees have been discussed while in the third chapter tribal women and educational programmes have been discussed. In fourth chapter development of tribals in Madhya Pradesh, in sixth chapter Ails of tribal development, in sixth chapter anthropological analysis of development of Indian tribes, in seventh chapter Indian tribes and gender disability, in eighth chapter development of primitive tribe and in ninth chapter development of Naikas have been discussed.