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Creative Learning andEmpowerment of
VijoyPrakashPrincipal Secretary, Govtof Bihar Executive President Association for Promotion of Creative Learning
Underprivileged
VijoyPrakash
Association for Promotion of Creative Learning
Empowerment of poor –A Case of Musaharcommunity
•Musaharmeans rat eaters or ratfood eaters.•They belong to SC and are totallymarginalisedcommunity. Suchcommunities exist all over countryby different names.•Musaharsmainly in Bihar, UttarPradesh and Orissa•Population -26 lakh(2001 census)
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Source: Joshua Project
VijoyPrakash
Association for Promotion of Creative Learning
Empowerment of poor –A Case of Musaharcommunity
•Landless and houseless, stayingon encroached land on roadsideor bund.•Generally live in isolatedhabitation called Mus-toli•Main occupation -Agriculturallabour. Extremely hard worker•Main skill -Earth cutting and Rathunting•Animal reared-Pigs and Poultry•Independent minded,
Subsistence
level living•Below poverty line families
Empowerment
Social Layers of Poverty (Bihar)
Source: Bhushan, Shashi
Reflections on the Material Conditions of the Musahars
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Empowerment of Underprivileged
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