DEVELOPMENT
SCHEME FOR TRIBALS IN ANDAMAN
& NICOBAR ISLANDS
The
total population of tribals in Andaman & Nicobar according
to 1991 census was 26770.
To
preserve the identity of tribals of Andaman & Nicobar, the
Union Territory Administration has restricted the entry of outsiders
into the tribal areas without the permission of the U.T. Administration.
Filming and photography in these tribal areas are also not allowed.
The Anthropological Survey of India, Port Blair also prepares
monographs on the tribes of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands
to document tribal culture.
The
tribals in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands are still at different
stages of social and economic development. Efforts are made both
by the Government of India and the U.T. Administration through
the implementation of various educational as well as other social
and economic development programmes for the all-round development
of the Scheduled Tribes in the islands, and to make modern facilities
accessible to them.
This
information was given by the Union Minister for Tribal Affairs,
Shri Jual Oram in a written reply to a question from Shri J. S.
Brar in the Lok Sabha today.
