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Under Project Akansha, over 220 students are enrolled in seven residential schools across Jharkhand. Project Aakansha, therefore, aims at bringing a paradigm shift in the lives of Birhors and Sabars one child at a time. (Express Illustrations) RANCHI: Children of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) in Jharkhand, which are considered extremely backward but are on the […]

Key Highlights: The MoU between TRIFED and Big Basket signed for promotion and sale of Organics,  natural Van Dhan products and TRIFOOD products. MoU between TRIFED and PurtyAgrotech signed in order to promote the art of growing pearls among other tribal entrepreneurs. The Union Minister of Tribal affairs Shri Arjun Munda has said, “The government

Nomads and Semi-Nomads are social groups who undertakes a fairly frequent, usually seasonal physical movement as part of their livelihood strategy and moves from one place to another. Ministry/Department of Social Justice and Empowerment vide Gazette Notification dated 21.02.2019 has constituted Development and Welfare Board for Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities (DWBDNCs) for Development and

kaliamma Nanjan, 70, sings as she cuts through her farm in Kerala’s Western Ghats. She deftly navigates the slopes of Attappady in Palakkad district with the gravity-defying dexterity of a mountain goat. Her silver-grey hair and bright saree vanish as she enters her mosaic-like 3.5-acre farm — her own agrobiodiversity haven. There is one acre

The Yanomami people, who live in a settlement deep inside the rainforest, have been threatened for several decades by illegal gold miners who invade their land and bring diseases. From the remote rainforests of Brazil, a little-known tribe has made an emotional appeal to Indians: “The gold which has come from our Yanomami territory is

constitutes about 20% of the Wayanad’s population, has literacy rate of about 70%, which is significantly lower than the state’s and Wayanad’s literacy rate. This divide is what the local authorities are trying to fill, with the help of civilian volunteers. If the present project is able to achieve its target, then Wayanad will be

Shruti Agarwal writes: There is a need and the ecosystem to support forest rights in India. On June 14, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the UN High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought. He reiterated that India was on track to achieve land degradation neutrality by 2030, citing the example of the Banni grassland

A silage making unit was set up at Sikerguda village under Chancher panchayat with technical guidance and field support of AFC India Ltd. BHAWANIPATNA: For tribal farmers – and more importantly migrant labourers of Kalahandi – the grass foliage on farm fields or fallow lands never seemed to have possess a greener and more economic

It is unreasonable to expect this historically marginalised and exploited community to produce documents and prove their citizenship.A report by the government of India’s National Commission of Denotified, Nomadic and SemiNomadic Tribes of India affirms this: “Although, many of the denotified, nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes are spread among SC/ST/OBC, many are still not classified anywhere