Given the persistent nutritional deprivation in children up to 5 years of age in tribal belts of the nation, this paper attempts to understand incidence and causes of

Trade facilitation measures improve the trading environment by reducing transaction costs and thereby increasing the gains from trade.

Scrutiny and control of women's sexuality and women's reproductive role by the state are well recognized in the history of societies [Sarkar 1993]. Tribal wars over possession of women were rooted in the struggle for survival of the tribe itself.