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VOL. 3, ISSUE 1 (2021)
Quality of life of scheduled tribe in Jammu and Kashmir: A comparative study of Rajouri and Udhampur districts
Authors
Nagina Kousser, Shoket Hussain
Abstract
The Scheduled tribes in the states are 1,493,299 comprising 11.9% of the total population of the state and constitute 1.5% of the total tribal population of the country [1]. In two selected district which is highly concentration of tribal population, quality of life of the tribal still very low as compared to the mainstream population and their socio-economic parameters are also low. Due to various problems, schemes launched by the government to fill the gap between scheduled tribes and others general population and amongst them, Tribal Sub plan is one of the most important. To improve the quality of life of the tribe is the main objective of TSP. The study focused on two main categorization i.e. Beneficiaries (availed the schemes) and Non Beneficiaries (not availed the schemes) under sub schemes of TSP. A sum of 480 households comprising 2450 individual (240 beneficiaries and 240 non beneficiaries from two districts) of Rajouri and Udhampur district, Rajouri and Udhampur district was selected purposively because of high concentration of scheduled tribe population and interviewed through the help of pretested scheduled for collecting information on the different parameters of quality of life of the tribe (Gujjars, Bakerwals, Gaddies and Sippies). The major findings reveal that the overall qualities of life of the tribal beneficiaries are much satisfactory as compared to the non-beneficiaries which are depicted through ten parameters. Majority of beneficiaries are those who are already well off sustained that caused the gap widened between the beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries among the tribal. Thus, there is imperative need to aware the tribal about programmes and multiple schemes of TSP so that needy and deserving tribes would be selected and the gap among the tribes would be eliminated. Chi-Square test and ANOVA test run in SPSS used for measuring differences and variation between the beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries.
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Pages:64-72
How to cite this article:
Nagina Kousser, Shoket Hussain "Quality of life of scheduled tribe in Jammu and Kashmir: A comparative study of Rajouri and Udhampur districts". International Journal of Social Science and Humanities, Vol 3, Issue 1, 2021, Pages 64-72
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