Adivasis, Migrants and the State in India

Ambagudia, Jagannath

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“…The position of the adivasi communities in politics was not only marginal in the political sphere during the colonial period (Mcmillan, 2005) but also continue to be so in the post-colonial period (Ambagudia, 2019a(Ambagudia, , 2019c. Though the adivasi communities provided an important support base to the national movement led by the Congress party, their representation is marginal not only in the formal political institutions but also at the party level.…”

Section: Political Spherementioning

confidence: 99%

“…During 2009-2010, the poverty ratio among adivasis was 47.1 and 28.8 percent in rural and urban areas, respectively (Government of India, 2013: 94). The affirmative policies of the state are unable to check the incremental transfer of adivasi land to the non-adivasis and multinational companies (MNCs) (Ambagudia, 2010: 60-67;Ambagudia, 2019a;Government of India, 2014: 253-283). The adivasis are experiencing a low level of human development index.…”

Section: Other Welfare Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The adivasi communities are not only protesting against the non-adivasis responsible for the alienation of their rights over resources but also against the developmental projects of the state and MNCs in different parts of the country (Baviskar, 2004;Dwivedi, 2006;Ambagudia, 2019a).…”

Section: Adverse Inclusion Of Adivasis and Contemporary Developmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the post-independent period, anthropologists, administrators and policymakers viewed adivasi question from the perspectives of isolation, assimilation and integration (for detailed discussion, see Ambagudia, 2011Ambagudia, , 2019a. Integration was clearly an approach to deal with the adivasis in the post-independent period.…”

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Adivasis, Integration and the State in India: Experiences of Incompatibilities

Ambagudia¹,

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2020

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Anthropologists, administrators and policy makers debated the adivasis question in the post-independent India from the perspectives of isolation, assimilation and integration. Amidst discourses, integration approach was followed to address the adivasi issues in the post-colonial period. Following the integration approach, the Indian state made series of promises to the adivasis in terms of granting equal citizenship rights in social, economic, political and cultural spheres; providing equal opportunities and committed to preserve and protect adivasi culture and identity. Despite such promises, adivasis continue to live at the margin of the post-colonial state, and thereby experiencing different forms of marginalization, dispossession and deprivation. They have developed cynicism towards the integration policy and experiencing declining sense of involvement in the (mainstream) society. The integration approach of the Indian state has become a means of exclusion for the adivasis in India. Within this backdrop, the paper critically examines the contemporary dynamics of integration of adivasis in the Indian state.

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Section: Political Spherementioning

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Section: Other Welfare Measuresmentioning

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Section: Adverse Inclusion Of Adivasis and Contemporary Developmentsmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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2020

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“…Although there is an inadequate representation of adivasis in different spheres of government employment, they are increasingly becoming conscious and articulating the case of preferential consideration at different levels and in various forms in Odisha. Different parts of the state have experienced violent conflicts over preferential policies between adivasis and non-adivasis (Ambagudia, 2019). For instance, Kandhamal (Phulbani) district experienced some conflict between adivasis (Kandhas) and non-adivasis (Panas, dalits) in 1994 on casteist issues, like purity and pollution.…”

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Adivasis, Preferential Policy and the State in Odisha

Ambagudia

2019

Social Change

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The Indian state has ratified preferential policies enshrined in the Indian Constitution by ensuring a reserved quota for geographically isolated and underprivileged communities such as adivasis, thereby attempting to integrate them within mainstream society. Computing the data available on the impact of a preferential policy on the adivasis of Odisha, this article argues that although the policy has been relatively useful in securing employment, adivasis of the state remain underrepresented in aggregate numbers and in different groups of services. The article also indicates the existence of a regional disparity even among the adivasis of Odisha with regard to their representation in elite government employment. The real problem is not the preferential policy per se but its poor implementation, abject poverty, bureaucratic apathy and the lack of political will to implement preferential policies effectively. In fact, the practice of preferential policies has sporadically led to violent community conflicts in Odisha and impacted the changing relationship between policy and politics.

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Tribes, Covid-19 and the State in India

Ambagudia

2022

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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Infectious diseases have exposed the tribes (scheduled tribes, Adivasis, indigenous people) to more critical risks than other communities in India. Considering their disparate possession of power, privileges and resources, and the available data, the article situates tribes in the context of coronavirus pandemic in India by using the vulnerability framework. It reflects upon the strengths, weaknesses and uncertainties of tribes and the lack of structural support for them in the emergent crisis of pandemic. It argues that compounded vulnerabilities of tribal communities due to Covid-19 are attributed to their historical location in the socio-economic, cultural and political realms and the lack of access to resources and opportunities in the post-colonial Indian society.

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Adivasis, Migrants and the State in India

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Adivasis, Integration and the State in India: Experiences of Incompatibilities

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