Primitive Tribes

Primitive Tribes : The distribution formula is

• 40% of the amount on numerical size of the Primitive Tribal Communities.
• 30% according to population depending on different occupations, namely :
  • Food gathering or hunting
  • Shifting Cultivation,
  • Sedentary cultivation and
  • Other occupation with weightage accorded in the ratio of 5:3:1:1 respectively.
• 15% according to number of Primitive Tribal Communities in the States/Uts.
• 15% in inverse proportion to per capita Net State Domestic product with weightage to primitive tribal population.