Question

Answer the following question in about 30 words.

What are the social benefits of ITDP in the Bharmaur tribal region?

Answer 1

The development of the tribal area of Bharmaur began in the 1970s, when the Gaddis were included among the ‘Scheduled Tribes’. The social benefits derived from ITDP include a tremendous increase in literacy rate, improvement in sex ratio, and a decline in child marriage. The female literacy rate in the region increased from 1.88 per cent in 1971 to 42.83 per cent in 2001. The difference between males and females in literacy level, i.e. gender inequality, has also declined. The most significant contribution of the tribal sub-plan in the Bharmaur region is the development of infrastructure, including schools, health care facilities, potable water, roads, communications, and electricity. The practice of transhumance has decreased, and now people migrate to Kangra as wage labourers, thereby bringing in new life to their enclosed world.