Anthropology
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Assistant Professor, Amity University Jharkhand, Ranchi, India

Publications

• Research Article   
  Developmental Policy and Social Unrest in Jharkhand: An Anthropological Analysis
  Author(s): Ambrish Gautam*
  
  British colonial state transformed the forest dependent swidden agriculturist indigenous people into settled plough agriculturist communities. Colonial agrarian policy was guided by the two agrarian acts, the CNTA and SPTA. In the first phase emphasis was given on setting up of large-scale industries and promotion of extractive industries to feed them. For power generation hydro-electric was a new addition to the existing thermal ones. Agriculture was pushed down to the second grade on the scale of preference. Nothing was done to expand irrigated fields and agriculture was left to the vagaries of rains. The waters of the Multipurpose Hydro-Electric projects, such as Damodar Valley Corporation and Subarnareka Multipurpose Project, flew to the neighboring states of West Bengal and Odisha leaving the land of their origin high and dry. Rainfed agriculture accompanied by hybrid seeds and c.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2332-0915.20.8.210

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