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Jharkhand: Tribal Farmers Tap Solar Irrigation To Cut Migration   The Chotanagpur Plateau in eastern India, crisscrossed with streams, once was lush green even in winter. But increasingly erratic rainfall in recent years has made life much harder for the region’s impoverished indigenous subsistence farmers, most of whom rely on monsoon rains between June and September to grow […]

  As FRA Implementation Hangs Fire, J&K’s Nomadic Tribes Live in Uncertainty Srinagar: For decades, the tribal communities of Gujjars and Bakerwals have faced marginalisation in Jammu and Kashmir. In recent years, these nomadic people have even been driven out of the forest areas of Jammu. When the Centre extended the Scheduled Tribes and Other

Toda Tribal People: The Guardians Of The Nilgiris For centuries, the Toda people lived in isolation in the Nilgiri Hills. The current Toda population lives in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, which forms part of the Western Ghats. This region was recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012 due to its unique ecology and

download pdf Tribal Community Conservation Strengthens Biodiversity In Similipal Tiger Reserve Protecting natural forests and wildlife has been a way of life for indigenous communities inside Similipal Biosphere in Odisha. Their efforts have been recognised a few years ago under the Forest Rights Act and the legal recognition has encouraged tribals, enriched biodiversity inside the

Tribal Honey Hunters Save Bees & ImproveOur Food Security Even as modern science grapples with the rapidly declining bee population, we could look back and take a lesson on sustainability from the ancient culture of the adivasis (the first people) of the Nilgiris. Covering over three states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, the Nilgiri

Adivasi Women Have Preserved Indigenous Seeds For Many Generations This festival gives us hope,” said Balabati Majhi. She and other Adivasi women from the Kutia Khond community were preparing to attend the local indigenous seeds festival. Their village, Burlubaru, surrounded by hills and dense forest, was bustling with the preparations. The women were singing and

How tribal leadership in Chhattisgarh is helping people access rights The civil society’s intervention in the tribal regions began in early 1980s on two issuessustainable livelihood, particularly in forest areas, and, local governance If you pass the tiny villages dotting the highway in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh and meet its unassuming natives free from

 “TECH FOR TRIBALS” PROGRAMMEA game changing and unique project aimed to transform 5 croreTribal Entrepreneurs under the name “Tech for Tribal” has been launched by TRIFED.What is it?Tech for Tribals, an initiative of TRIFED supported by Ministry of MSME, aims at capacity building and imparting entrepreneurshipskills to tribal forest produce gatherers enrolled under the Pradhan Mantri Van

Bridges of Sports (BOS), a non-profit focusing on providing access to children to learn, play and excel in athletics, have worked with communities in Karnataka, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh. It has trained over 1800 children in athletics.Started with the support of few Indian Olympians, the organization is supported by Infosys Foundation, Micheal and Susan Dell

47% vacancies reserved for Scheduled Tribes remain unfilled Minister informs Parliament on number of backlog vacancies, decline in funds for other economic support schemes for STs In 2017, out of a backlog of 6,887 vacancies reserved for Scheduled Tribes (STs) in various central government ministries and departments, only 3,595 were filled, leaving around 47 per cent reserved