Journal of Social Welfare and Management

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Yerukulas carry the social stigma of ex-criminal tribes and experience social exclusion. The present paper seeks to examine the changing trends of livelihoods among the yerukula tribe of rayalaseema in the last ten decades. More specifically our analysis is pertained to the opportunities for pursuit of traditional occupations and modern occupations across four generations. A multistage random sampling technique was adopted to draw the study sample. The sample comprises 85 urban house holds, 135 semi urban house holds and 85 rural house holds spread in kurnool and anantapur districts of rayalaseema region of andhra pradesh. The study reveals that yerukulas are not free from social exclusion. The low or non – existence of better levels of education, modern occupational skills are compelling them to experience social exclusion.

Keywords: Yerukula; social stigma; ex-criminal; livelyhood

The educational progress of the Scheduled castes was visualized through provision of reservations in the educational institutions, provision of pre-metric and post metric scholarships, provision of text books, hostels and residential schools. These inputs provided for more than five decades did register enhanced levels of educational attainments among these disadvantaged sections both in quantitative and qualitative terms. It is now the third generation of Dalits, who have come up utilizing the special inputs provided for their educational. Occupational, economic and politic mobility. It also needs to be further examined whether those who were successful in the school education pursue higher levels of professional and post graduation making use of the protective discrimination and the other educational inputs provided to them. The progress of the Scheduled Castes in the realm of the higher education also has to the object of analysis for, the higher education opens avenues for employment and better career options the career of a person and propel his or her occupational and social mobility. This paper seeks to examine the quality and the level of progress of scheduled caste students in the realm of Higher education particularly in the Engineering, Medical and Post Graduate courses so as to gauge in the degree of their educational progress in terms of the levels and quality of higher education attained by the scheduled caste students in the era of globalization.

Key Words: Disadvantaged, Dalits, Protective discrimination, Educational inputs, Educational attainments Five decades, Vulnerable sections, Politic mobility, Social mobility Globalization. 

One of the key issues in any migration study relates to what happens to the family members of migrant after his migration. Invariably most of the migrants are males who move alone without taking with them their wives or other members of the family. Several reasons ranging from not having a family visa to education of children prevent the male migrants from taking their family members with them. An attempt has been made to study the positive and negative impact of male migration on women. With regard to gender equity, existing research reports that migration can produce positive and empowering experiences for women. When they enjoy all the fruits of migration, the findings of this study lead to a conclusion that the left behind wives of the migrants face several problems too. This article examines the different hardships and the great transformation happened in the lives of these women due to the migration of their men.

Key Words: General Adjustment Level, Migration, Psychological problems, Psychosomatic problems, Social support.

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