Volume-XI, Issue-V, September 2025 |
Impact of Globalization on Tribal Society: A Case Study of Tripura (India) Manik Bhattacharya, Associate Professor, Dept. of Economics, Government Degree College, Dharmanagar, Tripura, IndiaDilip Kumar Rana, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Economics, Tripura University, Agartala, Tripura, India Basu Maan Daas, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Netaji Subhas Mahavidyalaya, Udaipur, Tripura, India |
Received: 14.08.2025 | Accepted: 20.08.2025 | Published Online: 30.09.2025 | Page No: 80-89 | ||||
DOI: 10.29032/ijhsss.vol.11.issue.05W.134 | |||||||
ABSTRACT | ||
Globalization is a process by which the societies, cultures, regional and national economies are integrated through the global trade network, communication, immigration and transportation. Based on the primary sources of information this study investigates the impact of globalization on culture of tribal society in Tripura. The primary sources of information show that after the three decades of globalization era, work participation rate of the tribal women increases for all income groups. This study also reveals that there is positive relationship between income level and literacy rate. In other words, if we move from lower to higher economic income group, we see that literacy rate increases. The ground level reality shows that a higher percentage of households are disagreed with the fact that food crops marketing channel works very smoothly in the tribal region. This study also reveals the fact that the traditional features of the tribal communities are changing due to globalization. This study recommended that we need to move very cautiously with the globalization process preserving our nation’s pride and maintain our cultural prestige. | ||
Keywords: Globalization, Tribal, Culture, Society, Income groups, Community. |