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How did Colonial Policies for the tribes affected their socio-economic conditions in India? Discuss.

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  • Impact of Colonial Rule on Indian Society

Colonial tribal policy was three policies working together — forest law, revenue settlement and criminalisation — reinforced by administrative isolation. Together they converted autonomous forest-based producers into a dispossessed, stigmatised and sealed-off rural underclass.

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