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47% vacancies reserved for Scheduled Tribes remain unfilled

47% vacancies reserved for Scheduled Tribes remain unfilled Minister informs Parliament on number of backlog vacancies, decline in funds for other economic support schemes for STs In 2017, out of a backlog of 6,887 vacancies reserved for Scheduled Tribes (STs) in various central government ministries and departments, only 3,595 were filled, leaving around 47 per cent reserved

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 For Food Security, Community Involvement Is The Key

 For Food Security, Community Involvement Is The Key With a little help and encouragement, tribal from two remote blocks in Odisha banish malnourishment while wooing biodiversity in their region. Bissam Cuttack and Muniguda, two remote tribal blocks in Odisha’s Rayagada district, about 370 kms southeast of Bhubaneshwar, are famous for their scenic beauty, forests and

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FRA helps Dhenkanal tribal gain land rights

Their ancestors were brought in as workers nearly a century ago by the former princely state Munda and Santhal tribals brought to Dhenkanal over a century ago by the ruler to work in its forests, recently got forest rights. Photo: Adivasi Kranti Sangathan, Dhenkanal Descendants of Munda and Santhal tribals, brought to Dhenkanal district in Odisha from

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World Health Day 2020: How nutrition gardens helped tribals in Odisha’s Nagada

DOWNLOAD PDF Tribals in Nagada suffer from severe malnutrition, other health issues. A tribal woman in Nagada stands next to her nutrition garden There are approximately 582 people who belong to the Juang tribe in Odisha’s Nagada. This tribe is one of the 13 particularly vulnerable tribal groups in the state. Nagada is a cluster

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Bastar has remained Covid-free. That’s because social distancing is tribaLnorm-experts-say

Bastar has remained Covid-free. That’s because social distancing is tribal norm, experts say

The whole world might be battling the Covid-19 pandemic, but the tribal region of Bastar in Chhattisgarh has remained free of worry on this count. Bastar, with a population of about 35 lakh, has not registered a single case. Local leaders, administrators and experts say this has happened for two main reasons The tribals’ traditional

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