http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4314267.stmExtinction threat for Andaman natives By Subir Bhaumik
BBC News, Port Blair After decades of efforts to bring the tiny population of what some anthropologists call "Stone Age aboriginals" into the mainstream, the administration in India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands has finally decided to leave them alone.
"It will now be our avowed policy to minimise unnecessary and inappropriate contact between the primitive tribes and settlers
," says Uddipta Ray, tribal welfare secretary in the government.
"Only a few officials in our administration will have access to the aboriginal habitats to protect them from poaching and illegal intrusions by the settlers.
"We will ensure their food security, the security of their habitats, we will encourage them to pursue their traditional lifestyle, there is no question of imposing any outside culture or beliefs on them," Mr Ray told the BBC.
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