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Arunachal’s tribes revive indigenous lockdown rituals.  A tribal lockdown ritual has staged a comeback in Arunachal Pradesh, the State geographically closest to China’s Hubei province where the COVID-19 outbreak began. Arr-Rinam is the Galo equivalent of lockdown imposed by consensus for 48 hours whenever an epidemic strikes. The Galos, one of the 26 major tribes […]

Nutrition policy to suggest steps to tackle anaemia Draft identifies it as a major health problem in State The draft nutrition policy being finalised by the State government identifies anaemia as a major health problem in the State, especially among women and children. More women and children have anaemia in 2005-06 than in 1999-99, the

Odisha’s Tribal Communities Are Reeling Under a Land Grab Project Masquerading as ‘Afforestation’  The forest department‘s move to aggressively promote commercial plantation activities on community forest land in the name of compensatory afforestation is usurping the forest rights of the tribal communities Pratima and many others in the village said that the police had threatened

A hamlet that thrives on the ancient barter system Women from Naxal-hit Sukma region gather to exchange forest produce for rice and salt The Edugurallapalli tribal shandy that gathers on Fridays is reminiscent of the ancient barter system, where tribals exchange forest produce for rice, iodized salt and other commodities. The shandy is in the

Schooling Karnataka’s tribal students to be guardians of forests Steady destruction of Western Ghats prompts a group of trekkers to come out with a long-term plan Children in a government primary school at Nagarbhavi were thrilled to get pen, pencil, eraser, drawing book, and school bag, from a group of trekkers from Mangaluru. Most of

No proposal to implement Panchayat system in Sixth Schedule areas of Assam The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Lok Sabha that “presently, there is no proposal to implement panchayat system in Sixth Schedule areas of Assam”. Sixth Schedule of the Constitution It protects tribal populations and provides autonomy to the communities through

How Drokpa women attract men and other stories from India’s indigenous tribes Photographer Aman Chotani is on a mission to document the traditions and cultures of India’s Adivasis, before time and technology sweep them over  The Drokpas of Ladakh sport goatskin capes, hand-made beaded and oxidized silver jewellery and headgears adorned with flowers to attract

How civilized are we? The „human safaris‟ to ogle at the Jarawa tribe– a small population of less than 400 in the remote Islands of the Andamans, through routes that cut through their forests – much like the lion safaris, in which we sit inside vehicles and drive through the pathways frequented by the animals.

SANKALP SE SIDDH – TRIFED’S VILLAGE AND DIGITAL CONNECT DRIVE LAUNCHED Following the success of the Village and Digital connect initiative during which TRIFED’s regional officials across the country went to identified villages with a significant tribal population and supervised the implementation of the various programmes and initiatives earlier in 2021, TRIFED under Ministry of

SC seeks Centre’s reply on plea for appointment in SC/ST panels  SC ought a response from the Centre on a plea seeking direction for the appointment of full-term chairman and vice-chairman of the National Commissions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Centre on a plea