Abstract: Tribal community in India is considered as the most vulnerable community facing isolation and social discrimination from the mainstream society. The Panchayats Extension to the Scheduled Areas Act in 1996 and the role of PESA act has the provisions to strengthen and promote the social development in these areas of tribal habitats. The institution of local self government has initiated a process of democratic decentralization in India and Indian democratic government with its constitutional provisions has provided many privileges to this particular disadvantaged group. Even if all these positive back up are there for the tribes, they could not seize this opportunities due to lack of awareness about the human rights and because of the ineffective implementation of the schemes and projects for the tribal empowerment. The concern of the study is to recognise the importance of the Oorukoottam, the part of local self government insituation at the tribal hamlets and to reaffirms the decentralized system of governance and participatory involvement of the tribal beneficiaries in the policy making and in the implementation process of tribal empowerment in Wayanad.
Keywords: Oorukoottam-tribal beneficiary group, Decentralisation. Participatory approach.
Title: OORUKOOTTAM AS A DECENTRALISED AND PARTICIPATORY MODEL OF GOVERNANCE AT TRIBAL HAMLETS IN WAYANAD DISTRICT
Author: Biju P V, Dr. M Rajesh
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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