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Beautiful Traditional Art Of Gond Tribe (Paintings) In 1980s, when a couple of Pradhan Gond Tribe artists, like Jangarh Singh Shayam and Narmada Gond started making names for themselves. As they moved away from traditional mural-paintings and started making their traditional art on the papers. In their paintings, they brought into light a unique style […]

Chhattisgarh tribals to get community forest rights. Activists welcome plan but with caution Chhattisgarh is set to become the second Indian state to allow its tribal population to manage and exploit forest produce at a community level under the Forest Rights Act, 2006. According to a statement by the Bhupesh Baghel government, tribals in the

Complete literacy for Wayanad’s Adivasis: Kerala govt aims at 90% literacy for Adivasis in 6 months The present project, ‘Wayanad Complete Tribal Literacy Project’ headed by Kerala State Literacy Mission aims to achieve 90% literacy rate among Adivasis within the next six months Kerala government intends to increase the literacy rate amongst Adivasis in the

0 Namath Basai, a big hit among Kerala tribal children The Kerala State government is carrying out a unique programme called “Namath Basai” of teaching tribal children in their mother tongue. Key Points The programme is being implemented by the Samagra Shiksha Kerala(SSK). SSK is an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from

Covid-19 reaches the Great Andamanese, why is this worrying? While five among the nine Great Andamanese who are infected with Covid-19 are residents of Port Blair, four live in the remote Strait Island that is reserved for the tribe. Nine members of the dwindling Great Andamanese tribe have tested Covid-19 positive, setting off alarm bells

Katkari Tribe | Van Dhan for Jaan and Jahaan               Key Takeaways The Katkari are an Indian Tribe mostly belonging to the state of Maharashtra. They have been categorised as a Scheduled tribe. The Census of India 2001 (GOI 2012) indicates that Maharashtra is home to 235,022 Katkari, mainly in Raigad and Thane districts. In Maharashtra

How tribal communities in Kerala are helping to stop the spread of COVID-19 In many tribal colonies, branches of the thorny Indian coral tree have been fixed on the doors of most houses to prevent the entry of strangers. Tribal communities in Kerala have been practising physical distancing as a way to curb the local

Chhattisgarh tribals to get free nutritious food, access to medical facilities, says Bhupesh Baghel Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel announced on Wednesday that tribals living in the forest regions of Bastar would soon get free nutritious food through gram panchayats and access to medical facilities Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel announced on Wednesday that tribals living

The ‘quota within quota’ debate (Paper 2 : 7.1 SC/ST – constitutional safeguard) Supreme Court has referred to a larger Bench the question whether SCs and STs should be sub-categorised for reservations. What are the arguments for and against this? How has the court ruled in the past? On Thursday, a five-judge Constitution Bench of

Panna tribals denied forest entry in the name of animal conservation Women are now overburdened with the responsibility of fetching food for the family. Earlier, tribals would collect food and firewood from the forest A ban preventing tribal men from entering the forest to collect woods in the name of wildlife protection has made the