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The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is administrating the schemes of “Support of Tribal Research Institute” and “Tribal Festival, Research, Information and Mass Education” under which various activities to promote tribal culture have been undertaken. The schemes aim to ensure quality and uniformity in research works, evaluation studies, training, awareness generation among tribals, showcasing of rich […]

Live-in relationships are the norm in Garasia community where women retain a high status in western state of Rajasthan. Udaipur, India – Live-in relationships between couples who see little reason to marry may be a modern fashion in India’s Bollywood film industry, but for one community in India they reflect thousands of years of tradition. Members

Recently, the Gujarat government has decided to form a five-member commission to identify members of Rabari, Bharvad and Charan communities, who are eligible for benefits of Schedule Tribe (ST) status. Key Points Issue: In October 1956, the central government conferred ST status on people of Rabari, Bharvad and Charan communities, living in nesses (tiny, oval-shaped

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 from scheduled areas of Chhattisgarh by providing them

DESPITE A CLEAR order by the National Commission of Scheduled Tribes (NCST) to defer public hearings, and a study by Indian Council of Medical Research that points to adverse impact of coal mining on health of tribals, the Chhattisgarh government and the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF & CC), facilitated the

Navigating, exploring and thinking about space are part of daily life, whether it’s carving a path through a crowd, hiking a backcountry trail or maneuvering into a parking spot. For most of human history, the driving force for day-to-day wayfinding and movement across the landscape was a need for food. And unlike other primates, our

Pointing to the impact of the pandemic on learning, a survey has found that students in tribal areas received less than optimal exposure to online classes. The students in tribal locations in five districts reported that they attend less than an hour of online class on working days.The survey was conducted by Kanal Innovations, an

It is a village where people usually do not use entire tune but only the whisper when they call each other in the village. However, when they are out in the fields to work, they only just use their special tune to communicate each other, the duration of which is not more than a minute,

Many Adivasi families are unlikely to benefit from the implementation of the Forest Rights Act in J&K Tribal politics in the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir was focused on the twin issues of political reservation and enactment/extension of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006. Mainstream political parties, which are now arguing for these