Paper short abstract:

The concept of wellbing is very much close to Escoberian view on anthropology of development, which deconstructs the centralizing planning process. Individual choice is gaining ground in its place. the Integrated Action Plan, which the Government of India has recently introduced to check the Naxal radicalism needs to be modeled with such perspectives.

Paper long abstract:

The shifting of argument from development anthropology to Escoberian view of anthropology of development has engaged in deconstruction of the conventional practice of centralizing planning process. It is now emphasizing on individual choice in its place. The concept, wellbing is very much close to Escoberian view, which opens a new avenue in anthropological orientation of development.The paper will show how the tribes now give preference to the sense of wellbeing and present an antithetical stand towards the stereotyped notions of development. This view of the present paper gets articulated from the findings of a study conducted among 407 tribal populations of Surguja district of Chhattisgarh, India. The central theme has been placed it in the context of the Integrated Action Plan introduced by the Government of India to check the Naxal radicalism.