• KANTRATHI MURALI

Abstract: The Constitution of India seeks to secure for all its citizens, among other things, social and economic justice, equality of status and opportunity and assured the dignity of the individual. Several provisions have been incorporated in the constitution for safeguarding and promoting the interests of the scheduled tribes in various spheres so as to enable them to the join the national main stream. In our study the income and expenditure relationship examined across different income groups indicate that, there is a decline in the share of food expenditure as the income increase, indicating as inverse relationship between per capita income and share of food expenditure. More than half of the food expenditure of these households is found to be on the consumption of cereals while it is on non-cereals items in case of households living in the villages in the plain areas. The tribes living in the villages in plain areas are using relatively more number of commodities than the people living in the very interior areas.

Consumption Pattern, Tribes, Living Standards, Expenditure on Food

"CONSUMPTION PATTERNS OF SCHEDULED TRIBES IN ANDHRA PRADESH: A STUDY OF JATAPU TRIBES IN SEETHAMMAPETA MANDAL OF SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.7-12, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907756.pdf

"CONSUMPTION PATTERNS OF SCHEDULED TRIBES IN ANDHRA PRADESH: A STUDY OF JATAPU TRIBES IN SEETHAMMAPETA MANDAL OF SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp7-12, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907756.pdf