The document discusses the impact of industrialization on tribal communities in India. It notes that tribes faced increasing dispossession from their lands during British rule as land became a saleable commodity. After independence, development policies prioritized resource exploitation and infrastructure projects over tribal welfare, fundamentally altering tribal lifestyles and relationships to land and forest resources. As a result, tribes experienced high rates of migration, oppression, and exploitation with few benefits from development. This has contributed to the rise of Naxalite movements among dissatisfied tribes.

1. IMPACT OF INDUSTRIALIZATION ON TRIBALS IN INDIA