Author(s):
Rashmi Kujur, Shabnoor Siddiqui, Sanjay Kumar Singh
Email(s):
rshmikujur50@gmail.com
DOI:
Not Available
Address:
Rashmi Kujur1, Shabnoor Siddiqui2, Sanjay Kumar Singh3
1Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Govt. Pt. Shyamacharan Shukla College, Raipur (C.G.).
2In charge Principal and Professor, Department of History, Govt. Pt. Shyamacharan Shukla College, Raipur (C.G.).
3Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce, Govt. Pt. Shyamacharan Shukla College, Dharsiwa, Raipur (C.G.).
*Corresponding Author
Published In:
Volume - 10,
Issue - 3,
Year - 2022
ABSTRACT:
The Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Community is awareness wise and technologically most backward and economically and health wise vulnerable population of India. It was found from the review of literatures that the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) earlier known as Primitive Tribe, their health, economic and educational status is very critical and it need a systematic policy interventions to upgrade their health, economic and educational status. Although Government has taken several initiatives to overcome the problem but it needs more time to achieve sustainable development in this kind of communities. When we observe the livelihood standards of PVTG we can say that the benefits and advantages of development and progress have still not reached to this community at proportionate level. Hill Korwa is the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) of Chhattisgarh state and shows all four major characteristics of PVTG declared by the Government of India. The characteristics are declining population, extreme poverty, low educational status and subsistence level of economy. Though Hill Korwa are vulnerable in general condition of the country and if we talk about the period of Covid-19 pandemic the PVTG people in remote areas are extremely vulnerable to the novel corona virus disease (COVID-19) than other communities. The pandemic may have serious effects on their well-being, livelihood, their health and their overall socio-economic status. Their economy is mostly depended upon forest produces but as time passes, they start doing labor works too which is now become crucial during this pandemic because they did not get sufficient income from labor work. Hill Korwa people mostly believe upon supernatural power for cause of disease and treatment too and fewer of them took benefits from the nearby primary and community health centers, against this backdrop, the COVID-19 pandemic among Hill Korwa surroundings may be poses a serious threat to their population. The situation of health of Hill Korwa community is in a crucial state and wretched state of affairs in spite of the Government’s major efforts and apprehension for this community. The present paper mainly focuses on the COVID-19 Pandemic and its impact on Hill Korwa tribal community in Chhattisgarh. A systematic pilot study has been conducted to understand the impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on Hill Korwa community in Chhattisgarh’s four districts named Jashpur, Balrampur, Korba and Surguja at large. The present paper is the part of Pilot Project related research work done under Minor Research Project, Sanctioned by Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, India.
Cite this article:
Rashmi Kujur, Shabnoor Siddiqui, Sanjay Kumar Singh. COVID-19 Pandemic and Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group Hill Korwa of Chhattisgarh: A Pilot Study. International Journal of Advances in Social Sciences. 2022; 10(3):131-7.
Cite(Electronic):
Rashmi Kujur, Shabnoor Siddiqui, Sanjay Kumar Singh. COVID-19 Pandemic and Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group Hill Korwa of Chhattisgarh: A Pilot Study. International Journal of Advances in Social Sciences. 2022; 10(3):131-7. Available on: https://ijassonline.in/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2022-10-3-5
REFERENCE:
1. Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India, Annual Reports year, 2012-2013, p. 26.
2. Hand Book of Tribal Welfare Department Government of Chhattisgarh State 2011. p1-26.
3. Sahu, C.; Primitive Tribes of India, An Ethnographic Profile, Swarup and Sons, New Delhi, 1998, p.75-120.
4. Kujur Rashmi (2021): The Hill Korwa and Birhor, ISBN 979-8768174613, 2021, e-book, independently -published, pp. 06. https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Dr-Rashmi-Kujur/dp/B09LY6QF98
5. Dalton, E.T.; Discriptive Ethnology Bengal, Calcutta Mukhopadhyaya, 1872, p. 220-228
6. Pandey; A Study of Vital Rates in The Primitive Tribes of Madhya Pradesh, Tribal Health, K.K. Publications, Allahbad, 2000, p. 99-106
7. Pandey, G.D. AND Tiwary, R.S.; Some Aspects of Population Growth of the Primitive Tribes of Madhya Pradesh, Jurnal of Man in India, 78 (34), 2000, p. 291-299.
8. Khetua, Nilanjan; Sickness and healing among the hill korwa : the Anthropologists, No.54 (1), 2001, p.51-61.
9. Sharma, K.K.N.; Assessment of physical growth among the Hill Korwa Tribal girls of Madhya Pradesh, India: South Asian anthropologists, Vol.1, Serials Publications, Delhi (India), 2001, p.51-55.
10. Pandey, G.D. and others; A Study on Differentials in Household Characteristics of Two Tribal Groups of Sarguja District in Madhya Pradesh: South Asian Anthropologist, Vol.2, No.1, Serials Publication, Delhi, 2002, p.53-67.
11. Mohanty, P.K.; Korwa : Encyclopaedia of Primitive Tribes in India, Publication, Delhi, 2004, vol.II, P. 378-393.
12. Sharma,S. and others; Socio-Demographic Profile of Hill Korwaa Of Chhattisgarh, Indian Junral Prev. Soc.Med. Vol.38 No. 3 and 4, 2007, p. 178- 184
13. Shrivastava, V.K.; Concept of ‘Tribe’in the Draft National Tribal Polocy, Economic and Political Weekly, 43(50) 12/13-19, 2008, p. 29-35.
14. Kujur, N.; Aadim Janjati Pahari Korwa, Publication, Raipur, 2011, p.93-104.
15. Kshatriya G.K.(2014),” Changing Perspective of Tribal Health in the Context of Increasing Lifestyle Diseases in India”, Journal of Environmental and Social Sciences, Volume 1, Issue 1, 2014, pp. 1-7.
16. Sarala, R. and other (2015), “Nutritional Status of Tribal Children in India: An Overview”, International Journal of Development Research, Vol.05, issue 08, pp. 5276-5278, August, 2015.
17. Khan Irshad and Nayak Jayanta Kumar (2018),” socio-economic and demographic profile of the hill korwas in sarguja district, chhattisgarh: an anthropological study”, International Journal of Research in Social Sciences Vol. 8 Issue 6, June 2018, ISSN: 2249-2496, pp. 296-311.
18. Chakma Dilip and other (2020), “COVID-19 In India: Reverse Migration Could Destroy Indigenous Communities”, assed on 23.06.2021 http://www.indigenouslawyers.org/Ofcit
19. Coronavirus lockdown: Fear looms large over tribal communities, The New Indian Express, 31 March 2020, https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/mar/31/coronavirus-fear-looms-large-over-tribal-communities-2123864.html
20. Puri Raghav (2012),” Reforming the Public Distribution System: Lessons from Chhattisgarh” Economic and Political Weekly”, FEBRUARY 4, 2012, Vol. 47, No. 5 (FEBRUARY 4, 2012), pp. 21-23, https://www.jstor.org/stable/41419842
21. Yoganandham, G. Ph.D. and Govindaraj, A. Ph.D. (2020) "Covid – 19 Pandemic and Primitive Kurumba Tribes in Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu – A Theorietical Perspectives," International Review of Business and Economics: Vol. 4: Iss. 2, Article 47. Available at: https://digitalcommons.du.edu/irbe/vol4/iss2/47