CBSE Class 8 Answered

When Adivasis are displaced from their lands:

• They lose much more than a source of income.
• They lose their lands and access to the forest, which means that they lose their main sources of livelihood and food.
• They lose their traditions and customs—a way of living and being.
• They have to migrate to cities in search of work where they are employed for very low wages in local industries or at building or construction sites.
• Hence, they get caught in a cycle of poverty and deprivation.
• 45% of tribal groups in rural areas and 35% in urban areas live below the poverty line.
• This leads to deprivation in other areas.
• Many tribal children are malnourished.
• Literacy rates among them are also very low.