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Amid acute poverty, M.P.’s Saharia children battle malnutrition   News: Saharias,a particularly vulnerable tribal group has been facing acute malnutrition due to crushing poverty, delayed breastfeeding, premature pregnancies and seasonal migrations. Facts: About Saharias: Sahariya tribe comes under particularly vulnerable tribal group(PVTGs) The Saharias are mainly found in many districts of Madhya Pradesh and Baran

   For, Of and By Tribes: This Powerful Idea Is Molding the Tribal Leaders of Tomorrow   Deriving its name from the Sanskrit word for ‘dialogue,’ Samvaad, organised by Tata Steel, is one of the largest tribal conclaves or ecosystems in India. It has reached out to more than 10,000 people and 17 countries worldwide. The

Tribal group sets example for others in Mulugu   With the help of TSGCC and ITDA, Eturunagaram, Sri Sammakka-Saralamma JLG, Shivapuram, established the detergent manufacturing plant in December of last year for a cost of Rs 40 lakhs under the MSME program. Mulugu: The Telangana State Girijan Co-operative Corporation Limited has helped a group of

 Acoustic Traditional – Preserving Indigenous Tales, Myths and Legends      India is estimated to have about 635 indigenous communities. Each of these groups of people have a unique identity, with their very own brand of culture, traditions and folklore. Unfortunately, most of this knowledge is passed on from generation to generation in the oral

Rising cases of leprosy among Adivasis call for urgent public action.   India officially eliminated Leprosy 2005 by bringing the Prevalence Rate below 1/10000 at the national level. However, the National Health Policy 2017 (NHP), which will guide the health policy direction of the country over the next decade or so, still has elimination of Leprosy as a national level target. It is highly unlikely

Completion of school education is costly for these tribal region students   According to students and their parents, the problem of truancy can be solved if authorities concerned arrange bus transportation to a higher secondary school in the nearby village Natrampalayam. KRISHNAGIRI: Nestled in the lap of western ghats are many tribal villages and one

Many get false community certificates to take away opportunities of Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe candidates: Madras High Court raises concern “By obtaining such false certificates, undeserving persons get unjustly enriched knocking away the rights of those belonging to SC/ST community,” the Court observed. The Madras High Court on Friday raised concerns about persons not belonging

In India, forest rights means forest conservation 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,