| Abstract: | The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the corona virus pandemic, is a global pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus. The novel virus was first identified from an outbreak in Wuhan China in December 2019.The world health organization declared a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020 and a pandemic on 11 march 2020 .as of 2022 pandemic had caused more than 509 million cases and 6.21 million deaths, making it one of the deadliest in history. Lives of tribal are closely associated with forest resources which is their dwelling place. This pandemic has been impacting on all aspects of their lives i.e. their health, livelihood, economic and socio-cultural life. Many other factors such as the lack of access to effective monitoring and early-warning systems, and adequate health and social services are helping to degrade their lives further. Different restriction, lockdown to curb this infection has a significant impact on the above said aspects of Tribal lives unless they are not educated properly on how to manage with restrictions. Although many government bodies try to alleviate the livelihood of Tribal during COVID-19, the impact is not long sustained, effective and deep penetrated. COVID-19 took away the precious lives, devastating the livelihood and deteriorating the crumbling healthcare further of tribal. This paper focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on the tribal and the role of NGOs. |
