i. Nothing should be imposed on the tribal
people. They must be allowed to develop along the lines of their own genius. We
should try to encourage in every way their own traditional arts and culture.
ii.
Tribal
rights in land and forests should be respected.
iii.
Attempt
must be made to train and build up a team of their own people to the work of
administration and development. Some technical personnel from outside will be
of great help for them in the beginning. But too many outsiders must not be
sent to the tribal territory.
iv.
Over-administering
the tribal areas or overwhelming them with too many schemes evolved and not by
statistics or the amount of money spent.
v.
The
results of the work must be adjudged by the quality of the human character that
is evolved and not by statistics or the amount of money spent.
The Minister of Home Affairs
and the Minister of Community Development
(under the Article 46 of the Constitution), set up 43 sub-multipurpose tribal
blocks in the various States of India to promote the welfare and the
integration of the tribals. Two Committees were set up one in May 1959 under
the Chairmanship of the anthropologist Verrier
Elwin and the other in April 1960 under the Presidentship of U.N. Dhebar, to examine the programmes
and projects of these blocks. Both the Committees submitted their reports in
1960 and 1961 respectively. The reports have emphasized and amplified the five
fundamental principles enunciated by Nehru in 1957.
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