Chhattisgarh to launch “Indira Van Mitan Yojana” The Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel announced about the launch of “Indira Van Mitan Yojana” on the eve of International Day of World Indigenous People. It is an initiative to support forest dwellers of Chhattisgarh and achieve self- reliance. Highlights The scheme aims to benefit 19 lakh families […]
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MoTA & MoRD Join Hands To Promote Sustainable Livelihood Opportunities Among Tribal Women SHGs In Rural India The Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) and the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) signed a Joint Communication for leveraging each other’s strengths to propel the rural economy and jointly promote sustainable livelihood opportunities among tribal women Self Help
MP govt relaunches Sambal scheme for Dalits, tribals and poor The Madhya Pradesh government has re- launched the ambitious Sambal Yojana aimed to strengthen the lives of the poor and the SC and ST communities by providing them social security cover, right from birth to death. CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan transferred Rs 41.33 crores into
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Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda to launch largest market of Tribal Products ‘Tribes India E-Marketplace’ Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda will virtually launch India’s largest handicraft and organic products marketplace, Tribes India E-Marketplace (market.tribesindia.com) on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti(October 2, 2020) in the presence of Renuka Singh, Minister of State, Ministry of
New medicinal plants found in Manipur Even after several ethno botanical studies on medicinal plants, we are yet to unravel the full potential of indigenous medicinal knowledge. Scientists attempting to document indigenous medicinal knowledge of Zeliangrong ethnic group in Manipur have now stumbled upon few plants whose medicinal or pharmacology properties are not known previously.
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Dong Traditional Water Management System Of Bodo People In Water Scarcity- Hit Assam Sometimes, particularly during monsoons, the day starts around 4 a.m., earlier than usual, for Rati Ranjan Mondal in Assam’s Nagrijuli village on the Indo-Bhutan border. Mondal wakes up, after a night of heavy rain and hurries to his paddy field to inspect
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Indi Glow Taught His Bugun Tribe To Profit From Bird Conservation & Ecotourism A line of tents is passed by Indi Glow. He enters a room while adjusting the binoculars’ neck strap and points to two framed pictures that are hanging on the wooden wall. Both depict an Indi who appears to be younger
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Indigenous People Can Help To Save Earth, As 1 Million Species Face Extinction Life on this planet, in all its wide diversity, is disappearing more quickly now than it has at any time in human history, and some 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction, new research from the United Nations has found.
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Meghalaya’s Jaintias Tribe & Their Annual Behdienkhlam Festival I have been fascinated by the works of Sebastiao Salgado, Mary Ellen Mark, David Alan Harvey, Susan Meiselas, Philip Blenkinsop, Alec Soth and Pablo Bartholomew; photographers who used visual imagery to unravel stories of remote cultures, peoples, languages and rituals. After I graduated from Jamia Millia Islamia
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Tribes India e-Mart: Coming soon, an e-market place only for tribal sellers *Objective : To bring around 5 lakh tribal artisans online, thus connecting them to a larger national and international market* Around 5 lakh tribal items across 20,000 categories, including textiles, paintings, home decor items, jewelry, and metal crafts, will be available on the
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