An analysis of socio-economic conditions of the tribal people in Bandipura national park

Author: 
Dr. Satheesh Kumar, N. S., Dr. Jayashree, P. and Dr. Kiran, S.P.

The present paper examines a study on socio-economic conditions of the tribal people in Bandipura national park. The present study has been analyzed the socio-economic characteristics of the tribal people of the Bandipur National Park and their sustainable livelihoods. The economics conditions of the tribals in the study region, while most of the farming tribal households (57 per cent) earn less than Rs. 15,000 from the farming enterprises, about 14 per cent earn variously from Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 25,000, with only 2.2 per cent of them earning more than Rs. 25,000 from farming. The assessment has found their socio-economic not very conducive, given the household socio-economics, their agriculture with several crops in different seasons but with rather poor, inadequate income and unfavorable costs of cultivation because variable and direct costs are far higher than the net returns at the end of the seasons and difficulty in collecting NTFPs from the forest reserve because of the regulations. The present study two types of data could be collected, primary and secondary data.

Paper No: 
2603