📄 Abstract
<p>The legislative mechanism of the state had made strenuous efforts to uplift the conditions of tribal people in all the nooks and corners of the country and had achieved partial success. Inspite of their efforts, the conditions of tribal people is pathetic and deplorable and the existing situation demands immediate attendance. Thus there is every need to evaluate the impact of developmental programs on the socio-economic conditions of tribal people and hence the present research study was conducted on Scheduled Tribes in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. This paper studies the concept of socio-economic conditions of scheduled tribes in the select study area and examines the impact of factors of development on the socio-economic conditions of the tribals. The paper further measures the relationship between the factors of development and socio-economic conditions of the tribals and suggests measures for uplifting the socio-economic conditions of the tribals in the select study area. For conducting the research study Descriptive and Analytical research design was adopted and both primary and secondary data were used. Data was collected by using selective random sampling technique utilizing interview schedule method with the help of a structured questionnaire. The sample size selected for the study is 150 belonging to tribal mandals of Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. In order to test the statistical significance of the proposed hypotheses, statistical tools like Pearson Correlation analysis and ANOVA test were applied. The study concludes that tribal development programs aim at the concepts of social welfare, security and cultural promotion of the tribals followed by thrusting the economic viscosity( Socio-economic conditions) of the tribal society at large.</p> <p><strong>KEY WORDS: </strong>Tribals, Development Programmes, Socio-economic conditions, Social Welfare.</p>
📚 How to Cite:
H.Ramanjineyulu , Volume 4 , Issue 10, october 2016, EPRA International Journal of Economic and Business Review(JEBR) ,