Brick By Brick, Grain By Grain, Gyarsi Bai And Team Stock Up Against Starvation The sun is about to set in Sunda village in Kishanganj block of Baran district that lies in southeast Rajasthan, on the border with Madhya Pradesh. A group of men and women dig the earth with spades on a small plot
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Bengal’s Tribal Women Lead Change, Ensure Food-Security and Fight Social Ills Tribal women of Purulia district in West Bengal have learnt, with the help of several NGOs and SHGs, to implement efficient water management techniques and multi-crop approach and achieved food-sufficiency in a region that was on the „drought-hit‟ list in spite of heavy rainfalls.
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Transforming Tribal Kids In 60 Days Life in the tribal belt of Rajasthan‟s Udaipur district is very rough. Shrinking forests and pasture lands, on the one hand, and small, unproductive farm holdings, on the other, are squeezing life out of many a home, with the adult occupants forced to bundle up their few belongings and
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Doctor couple does wonders for tribals at Sittilingi Sittilingi is a remote village in Dharmapuri district, 125 km away from Salem town in Tamil Nadu, which used to be a god forsaken land caught under the spell of quacks and black magic. Noisy drums and fake injections were all they had to cure illnesses. This
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Art Of Healing Among India’s Poorest: A Remarkable Woman Doctor’s Story Dr Rani Bang lives and works in Gadchiroli, a district in central India known for its remarkable tribal traditions as for its ‘underdevelopment’. A doctor specialising in gynaecology, she with her husband, Abhay Bang, also a doctor, has worked in this remote region for
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Tribal Health & Nutrition Portal -“Swasthya” Tribal Health & Nutrition Portal: One-stop solution for the health & nutrition status of the tribal population of India. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs in collaboration with Piramal Swasthya, the Centre of Excellence has developed this Tribal Health and Nutrition Portal ‘Swasthya’, a one- stop solution presenting all information
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Forest depts as nodal agency for community forest resources: A political blunder The Chhattisgarh government issued an order on May 31, 2020 making the state forest department the nodal agency for Community Forest Resource Rights (CFRR) under the Scheduled Tribes and the Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006. The move invoked discontent from several quarters. Alok
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Defence Acquisition Council’s Plans Multi billion deals for armed drones from the USA and advanced submarines under Project-75I are to be taken by the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC). Key Points India – USA Drone Deals: India has been looking to procure 30 armed drones, 10 for each service, from the USA but the process has
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Janaushadhi Diwas The Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India (BPPI) celebrated the 3rd Janaushadhi Diwas (7th March 2021) to spread awareness about quality generic medicines, available at low prices. Theme of Janaushadhi Diwas was “Seva Bhi – Rozgar bhi”. The Janaushadhi week was celebrated across the country from 1st-7th March 2021. As a part of
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