Study with special reference to India.

The present volume on ‘The Development of SCs and STs in India’ contains several contributors on various aspects relating to problem and development of SCs and STs. These contributions have been transpired form reputed academicians and research scholars in the Universities and Colleges. The book emphasized on development of SCs and STs in India. A clear–sighted and well-researched view on the problem have been put forth in this volume. The present exposition through critical analyses is an objective attempt to understand the reality relating to various strategies and schemes being followed for SCs, STs development in India This book will certainly prove of immense values to all those interested in Development of SCs and STs, especially the planners and policy makers in evolving an appropriate viable strategy for development in the coming years.

Forests and Forestry has the potential of playing a major role in socioeconomic and rural development in India. This book examines this role in various perspectives. It deals with forests, forestry and people; poverty alleviation; forest policies; forestry in five year plans; socioeconomic and rural development; forest products; food, fodder and fuel from forests; forest-based industries; social and community forestry; tribal welfare, development and administration; economics of forest land use and labour in forestry.

Rural development has nowa-days acquired a special signaification in the planning scenario,because an overwhelming majority of our popoulation lives in the rural areas.Rural development implies the economic betterment of the pepole as well as greater social transformation.The chapters in this book have a direct beings on rural on tribal development issues and and problems.They critically examine the diffirent approches of goverment agencies and voluntary organization and agencies and voluntary organization and also look into other facets of rural development during the last 46 years of indepqendence,