Explain the importance of 'Integrated Tribal Development Project' implemented in Bharmaur region of Himachal Pradesh.

Explanation

The process of development of tribal area of Bharmaur started in 1970s when Gaddis were included among .Scheduled Tribes.. The social benefits derived from ITDP include tremendous increase in literacy rate, improvement in sex ratio and decline in child marriage. The female literacy rate in the region increased from 1.88 per cent in 1971 to 42.83 per cent in 2001. The difference between males and females in literacy level i.e. gender inequality, has also declined. The most significant contribution of tribal sub plan in Bharmaur region is the development of infrastructure in terms of schools, health care facilities, potable water, roads, communications and electricity. Practise of transhumance has decreased and now people migrate to Kangra as wage labourers thereby bringing in new life to their enclosed world.