India: India’s Policy Of ‘Integrating’ Tribal People ‘Disastrous’

India: India’s Policy Of ‘Integrating’ Tribal People ‘Disastrous’   India’s Minister of Tribal Affairs, Kantilal Bhuria, has announced that he supports the ‘integration’ of India’s tribal communities into the ‘mainstream’ society – a policy that has been shown to be disastrous.   A report by Survival International has shown the catastrophic impacts of policies based on this approach. Last year, the MP for the Andaman Islands, Bishnu Pada Ray, caused outrage with statements that he wanted to...

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