The authors wish to acknowledge that the terms “Institutional Support Index (ISI)” and “Structural Outcome Index (SOI)” used in the article’s methodology section were conceptually adapted from the following doctoral dissertation: Das, M. (2023). Livelihood Pattern and Sustainability among the Scheduled Tribes in Kamrup District, Assam (Doctoral dissertation). Gauhati University. http://hdl.handle.net/10603/461908 This important methodological contribution was not cited in the original publication.