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The paper attempts to measure forest dependence index of tribes based on forest product collection for livelihood generation and how social security programmes have impacted on forest dependence index. Besides, the paper tries to identify the factors influencing forest dependency and its implication for tribal livelihood. The present paper is based on primary data collected from the Purulia forest division in the district of Purulia, one of the tribal-dominated districts of West Bengal during 2019 across tribal communities of Santal, Munda, Bhumij and Lodha. The results of the study showed that forest dependence index of Purulia district is found to be 0.42. Bhumij tribes are highly forest dependent than others. The forest dependency has been negatively influenced by social security programmes implies that the getting proper benefits of social security programmes has led to low forest dependence of the tribal community of Purulia district. The forest dependency also explained by family size, age of headed household, education, distance from market and land holdings.
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Das, S.K. Forest dependency, social protection and tribal livelihood an empirical study in the backward district of Purulia, West Bengal. SN Soc Sci 2, 130 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-022-00431-7
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