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How is the tribal question related with the issues of integration and autonomy in modern India?

  • UPSC 2016
  • Tribal Communities in India

The tribal question in India has never been whether tribes should belong to the nation, but on what terms. Integration and autonomy are usually posed as alternatives; the Indian constitutional order treats them as a single tension it must hold together, and the record suggests they are conditions of each other, not rivals.

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