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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Critically examine various tribal policies. Which tribal policy would you advocate for tribal development in India any way?

  • UPSC 2000
  • Tribal Communities in India

Indian tribal policy has moved through four positions: isolation, assimilation, integration and rights-based self-governance. The first three treat the tribe as an object and differ only on how much contact is good for it; only the fourth treats tribes as political subjects, and it alone fits the evidence.

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  • Isolation
  • Assimilation
  • Integration and the welfare-transfer model
  • The policy I would advocate: rights-based self-governance
  • Limits of my own position
  • Conclusion

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