Study looks into status of tribal communities at an all-India level and in central India
2 years, 3 months ago

Study looks into status of tribal communities at an all-India level and in central India

The Hindu  

The Bharat Rural Livelihoods Foundation, an independent society set up under the Ministry of Rural Development, on Monday released a first-of-its-kind Tribal Development Report-2022, which, over two volumes, looks at the status of tribal communities at an all-India level and in central India with respect to livelihoods, agriculture, natural resources, economy, migration, governance, human development, gender, health, education, art, and culture. The first volume provides a broad overview of the contemporary macroeconomic situation of tribal communities, with a focus on the challenges of agriculture, land, energy, and water use, especially groundwater management; and highlights the need to move into a new paradigm of agroecology-based, nature-positive farming and sustainable water use driven by local institutions. The volume also looks at the neglect faced by tribal areas in developing infrastructure, from irrigation to energy; shares insights on the invisibility of tribal voices in policy processes; and discusses tribal communities in the informal sector and in migration. It discusses challenges faced by tribal communities by focusing on the status of health, education, and nutrition; explores issues related to gender and development and the impact of the loss of traditional rights over land and forest resources; and also presents a progress report on the implementation Panchayat Act, 1996, and the Forest Rights Act.

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sudipta datta on two books by malli gandhi and Krishnopriyo Bhattacharya that shine a light on marginalised tribal communities and their predicaments
1 month ago

sudipta datta on two books by malli gandhi and Krishnopriyo Bhattacharya that shine a light on marginalised tribal communities and their predicaments

The Hindu  

The Anthropological Survey of India and Tribal Research Institutes recently announced that after a three-year study, they had managed to categorise 268 denotified, semi-nomadic, and nomadic tribes across the country, recommending the inclusion of 179 of these communities on Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes lists. Malli Gandhi, in his new book, Tribes of South India, lays down …

Ethnographic documentation of five tribal communities in T.N. to begin soon
1 month, 1 week ago

Ethnographic documentation of five tribal communities in T.N. to begin soon

The Hindu  

To preserve and promote languages and rich cultural heritage of tribal communities living in Tamil Nadu, the Department of Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare, under its flagship Tholkudi scheme, has issued guidelines for ethnographic documentation of five Scheduled Tribe communities. In the 2024-25 budget, the State government allocated ₹2 crore for a project to create digital records of the language …

Bikashita Gaon, Bikashita Odisha will bridge the divide : CM majhi
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Bikashita Gaon, Bikashita Odisha will bridge the divide : CM majhi

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday said his government is working hard to bring transformative changes in the lives of rural people by bridging the gap between villages and towns. Launching the ‘Bikashita Gaon, Bikashita Odisha’ scheme at Jankia in Khurda district, around 45 km from the state capital, the chief minister said this initiative aims to end …

Karnataka focuses on incentives for voluntary relocation of forest communities
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka focuses on incentives for voluntary relocation of forest communities

India Today  

At the India Today Environment Conclave 2025, Karnataka’s Additional Chief Secretary, Forest Ecology and Environment department, Anjum Parvez, spoke about the state’s efforts to balance conservation with the rights of tribal communities living in forest areas. He highlighted the need to differentiate between the overall tribal population of Karnataka and those residing within core forest regions, stating that without this …

Telangana: Adivasis Protest for Action on Pending Tribal Welfare Issues
2 months ago

Telangana: Adivasis Protest for Action on Pending Tribal Welfare Issues

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:Adivasis held a dharna seeking ROFR documents and sought a road map for the same as promised by the government. Addressing the dharna near Indira Park here, Telangana Tribal Sangham state president Midiam Babu Rao, former Bhadrachalam MP, said, “Gutti koya tribals in Mulugu and Bhadradri Kothagudem districts are not getting caste certificates and are thus not able to avail …

CM directs officials to lift cases registered against tribal youth for participating in agitations at the earliest
2 months, 2 weeks ago

CM directs officials to lift cases registered against tribal youth for participating in agitations at the earliest

The Hindu  

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has showered a slew of sops on adivasis and directed officials to lift cases registered against tribal youth who participated in agitations in support of their demands. Asserting that the Government had initiated several steps for their educational, employment and financial empowerment, the Chief Minister sanctioned an exclusive study circle for tribals along with provision …

INTERVIEW | Opinions and Aspirations of Local Tribal Communities Must be Respected: T.S. Singh Deo
3 months ago

INTERVIEW | Opinions and Aspirations of Local Tribal Communities Must be Respected: T.S. Singh Deo

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 26, 2024 20:03 IST - 8 MINS READ Senior Congress leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, T.S. In the past, Singh Deo has consistently stood up for the rights of rural communities, even challenging his own party’s government, led by Bhupesh Baghel, whenever necessary. He accused the previous Bhupesh Baghel government of neglecting tribal people’s …

Echoes of nature: Frontline’s top 12 environment stories of 2024
3 months, 1 week ago

Echoes of nature: Frontline’s top 12 environment stories of 2024

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 17, 2024 18:01 IST - 1 MIN READ Arguably one of the most disturbing headlines from the world of environment came when we rang in the New Year. In January 2024, from a pristine little island in the Indian Ocean, the Great Nicobar Island, author Pankaj Sekhsaria reported on the unimaginable havoc a proposed Rs.72,000 crore infrastructure …

World Adivasi Day: Chandrababu Naidu promises steps to ensure ‘zero poverty’ among tribals in Andhra Pradesh
7 months, 2 weeks ago

World Adivasi Day: Chandrababu Naidu promises steps to ensure ‘zero poverty’ among tribals in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has asserted that his government will take steps for comprehensive development of tribal people in the State in the next five years. “The State government will focus on the tribal welfare schemes and programmes, which were either discontinued, or watered down during the YSR Congress Party term,” Mr. Naidu said while participating in …

Protection of nomadic tribes: NHRC stress on need for implementation of the Idate Commission report
1 year, 2 months ago

Protection of nomadic tribes: NHRC stress on need for implementation of the Idate Commission report

The Hindu  

The National Human Rights Commission on Friday stressed on the need to implement the Idate Commission report that has recommended for setting up a permanent commission for Nomadic, Semi Nomadic, and De-Notified Tribes in India. Dr. Mulay said that De-Notified Tribes, Nomadic Tribes, and Semi-Nomadic Tribes also require proper means of livelihood and added that the colonial mindset about the …

Promotion of Tribal Cultural Heritage and its importance to decolonisation and nation building: How the Modi govt has taken strides in this direction
1 year, 5 months ago

Promotion of Tribal Cultural Heritage and its importance to decolonisation and nation building: How the Modi govt has taken strides in this direction

Op India  

India is home to a diverse array of tribal communities, each with its distinct languages, customs, and traditions, contributing to the rich cultural tapestry of the nation. As an environmental activist and ecofeminist, Dr. Vandana Shiva once said, “The heartbeat of our land is echoed in the rhythms of Adivasi cultures, enriching our diversity and teaching us the value of …

Tribals should unite in struggle for rights: Jharkhand CM Soren
1 year, 7 months ago

Tribals should unite in struggle for rights: Jharkhand CM Soren

Hindustan Times  

Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren urged the nationwide tribal community on Wednesday to unite and support each other in asserting their rights against a “feudal establishment that seeks to exploit the resources safeguarded for generations by indigenous people”. Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren urged the tribal community on Wednesday to unite and support each other in asserting their rights Speaking at …

Centre looking to design Human Development Index for 28 lakh Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups
1 year, 9 months ago

Centre looking to design Human Development Index for 28 lakh Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups

The Hindu  

The Union government is now looking to design a survey that can gauge the Human Development Index specifically for about 28 lakh people of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups living in over 22,000 villages across the country, Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda said on Wednesday in New Delhi. This will also be able to quantify how government policies are changing …

Budget 2023 brings special scheme for vulnerable tribal groups | Details
2 years, 1 month ago

Budget 2023 brings special scheme for vulnerable tribal groups | Details

Hindustan Times  

Presenting the last full Union Budget of the Narendra Modi government before the 2024 Lok Sabha election, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday announced a special programme targeting Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group, for its development and upliftment, with a budget outlay of ₹15,000 crore over the next three years. Budget 2023 announcements are aimed at improving the socio-economic conditions of …

Tribal communities identify 5 goals as imperative for their welfare
2 years, 2 months ago

Tribal communities identify 5 goals as imperative for their welfare

The Hindu  

The tribal communities in Mysuru district have identified 5 goals as ‘’imperative’’ for their collective welfare and have sounded the government about it. The tribal community leaders from Budakkatu Krishikara Sangha, Adivasi Mahila Sangha, and Development through Education of Hunsur said they have submitted what they envisage to be their priority goals and want the government to prepare an action …

Health as a human right for India’s tribal communities
2 years, 3 months ago

Health as a human right for India’s tribal communities

Hindustan Times  

The World Health Organization Constitution and Article 25 of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights consider the highest possible achievable standard of health as a fundamental right of every individual. Tribal communities residing in hard to reach areas are displaced from their land, deprived of forest produce, have low literacy and financial poverty, and poor access to the …

Stressing Gender, Health, Education, Economy, Govt Body to Release First-Ever Report on Tribals Today
2 years, 4 months ago

Stressing Gender, Health, Education, Economy, Govt Body to Release First-Ever Report on Tribals Today

News 18  

From macro-economics to hunger, malnutrition, gender parity and accessing land resources, the first-ever report on tribal communities to be released on Monday by the Bharat Rural Livelihoods Foundation maps the lives of scheduled tribes in the country post 1996 when they were granted Panchayat and forest rights and the post-pandemic impact on migrant lives. Minister of tribal affairs Arjun Munda …

Tribal women have a significant role in India’s transformation
2 years, 7 months ago

Tribal women have a significant role in India’s transformation

Hindustan Times  

As we stand at the threshold of India’s 75th Independence day, it is a good time to reflect on how we can accelerate achieving its Sustainable Development Goals and transformation. Tribal women, comprising 47% of India’s tribal population, are deeply connected to their communities and possess a profound understanding of their ecosystem. Studies have shown that tribal women, as culture …

Launch a national tribal health mission
2 years, 7 months ago

Launch a national tribal health mission

The Hindu  

For the first time since independence, a tribal President has become a reality in India. On this International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, let us explore how this symbolic gesture can be turned into a health revolution for the tribal people of India. A study published in The Lancet, titled ‘Indigenous and Tribal Peoples’ Health’, found that India held …

Odisha's tribal groups make remarkable progress during Naveen Patnaik's tenure
2 years, 10 months ago

Odisha's tribal groups make remarkable progress during Naveen Patnaik's tenure

The Hindu  

Empowerment is a multidimensional social process aimed at increasing the spiritual, political, social and economic strength of individuals as well as communities and also enabling individuals to develop confidence in their own capacities and act on their priorities. The last two decades have been a watershed in tribal empowerment in Odisha because of the changing political scenario, inclusive pro-tribals policy …

Tribals for early settlement of claims under Forest Rights Act
3 years, 1 month ago

Tribals for early settlement of claims under Forest Rights Act

The Hindu  

Representatives of tribals from Hunsur have urged the authorities to recognise their claims under the Forest Rights Act so as to enable them to follow their traditional practices. Ramu, convenor of Haadi Aranya Hakku Samithigala Okkuta, said that the tribals had submitted their applications under the FRA in 2009 to press for their claims and rights under the Act. Mr. …

India can lead the way in improving the health of tribals
3 years, 11 months ago

India can lead the way in improving the health of tribals

Live Mint  

Communities cannot thrive without good health, but sadly, good health can be elusive for communities on the margins of society. India can become the forerunner of new initiatives to improve tribal health, creating a model for the rest of the world to empower indigenous communities. By working with local leaders to bridge knowledge gaps, strengthening last mile service delivery and …

Jharkhand to prepare Tribal Development Index
3 years, 11 months ago

Jharkhand to prepare Tribal Development Index

Hindustan Times  

A Tribal Development Index will soon be prepared in Jharkhand on the lines of United Nations Development Programme ’s human development index to understand the current condition of tribal people and find out the areas of improvement. HT Image The TDI will be prepared by the Tribal Research Institute, a tribal research wing of Jharkhand government, in association with Indian …

Tribals in India Need Firmer Hand-holding During and Following Covid-19 Pandemic
4 years, 7 months ago

Tribals in India Need Firmer Hand-holding During and Following Covid-19 Pandemic

News 18  

The number of people in the grip of the novel coronavirus pandemic is rising every day in India and most parts of the world. Against this backdrop, the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic appear far more serious for the tribal people as a whole than the rest of the population due to their close-knit communities living in rural areas, …

Nidhi Dugar Kundalia's White as Milk and Rice chronicles lives of India's isolated tribes battling identity conflict
4 years, 11 months ago

Nidhi Dugar Kundalia's White as Milk and Rice chronicles lives of India's isolated tribes battling identity conflict

Firstpost  

In her book White as Milk and Rice: Stories of India’s Isolated Tribes, author Nidhi Dugar Kundalia records the ways of life of six tribes in modern-day India, as they navigate a hyper-globalised world, dealing with issues of identity and access to resources. Today, five decades later, as Nidhi Dugar Kundalia records the life of Birsu, a woman of Bastar’s …

Call For Papers: Seminar On Empowerment Of Tribal Women At NLIU, Bhopal
5 years, 3 months ago

Call For Papers: Seminar On Empowerment Of Tribal Women At NLIU, Bhopal

Live Law  

The National Law Institute University, Bhopal aims to organize a two-day National Seminar on Empowerment of Tribal Women in India: Issues, Challenges and Perspectives from 7th – 8th March 2020. The event is Themes Customary Laws and Tribal Women Gender injustice and Human Rights of Tribal Women Tribal Women and Forest-based Economy Panchayat Raj Institutions and Tribal Women Education, Health …

India has adopted a coloniser’s approach to tribal populations
5 years, 6 months ago

India has adopted a coloniser’s approach to tribal populations

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court of India’s ruling in February ordering the eviction of forest dwellers and tribes from India’s forests was based on petitions that deem these communities encroachers. The Supreme Court of India’s ruling in February ordering the eviction of forest dwellers and tribes from India’s forests was based on petitions that deem these communities “encroachers”. The early conservationists in …

Adivasis And The Indian State: Successive govts distorted Tribal Sub Plan policy, denied community fair share of budgetary reserves
5 years, 7 months ago

Adivasis And The Indian State: Successive govts distorted Tribal Sub Plan policy, denied community fair share of budgetary reserves

Firstpost  

Editor’s Note: In this eighteen-part series, we will attempt to address the tropes associated with the communities in question from an Adivasi perspective while also exploring the contemporary relationship of Adivasi citizens with the Indian government. The Tribal Sub Plan was an important financial policy aimed for targeted planning of financial allocations and expenditures, with the specific objective of bridging …

Adivasis and the Indian State: Stereotyped as 'primitive' and 'savage', tribal communities fight for right to choose social, cultural, land-owning systems
5 years, 7 months ago

Adivasis and the Indian State: Stereotyped as 'primitive' and 'savage', tribal communities fight for right to choose social, cultural, land-owning systems

Firstpost  

Adivasis or indigenous people are the descendants of those who inhabited the region since before the time when people of different cultures and geographical regions arrived. Colonial rule in India produced several policies and legislations aiming to “civilise” the “savage and uncivilised” Adivasi communities; in effect invalidating our knowledge systems, our way of life, and our existence. Under the garb …

Budget 2019: Government to identify nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes to include them in social welfare schemes
6 years, 1 month ago

Budget 2019: Government to identify nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes to include them in social welfare schemes

Op India  

Addressing the budget session, acting Finance Minister Piyush Goyal has announced a slew of measures to be incorporated by the government beneficial to the Indians. Acknowledging the remoteness of nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes and their exclusion from the economy, Piyush Goyal declared that the government will identify such tribes and extend the welfare schemes to them. Committee under @NITIAayog to …

In Jharkhand, a tribal assertion met with fierce police crackdown
6 years, 5 months ago

In Jharkhand, a tribal assertion met with fierce police crackdown

Al Jazeera  

Authorities say they are legally acquiring land to be used for ‘development’ projects, but villagers tell another story. {articleGUID} But he said police had filed several criminal cases against the farmers because they were “not allowing the administration’s movement in the area”. The officials told us they were acquiring land for a 'Knowledge City'., but now they have stated that …

Chhattisgarh battles high poverty levels as creation of state 'for tribals' does little to benefit community
6 years, 9 months ago

Chhattisgarh battles high poverty levels as creation of state 'for tribals' does little to benefit community

Firstpost  

Raipur: A state supposedly meant for tribals, by tribals and of tribals, created by the BJP and ruled by it since 2003, is today showing record poverty levels among the tribals who make up one-third of the state’s population. While the state’s per capita income increased by 14 percent during 2012-2017, a higher percentage of people are now below the …

Book Review: Read it to know the pain and joy of activism
6 years, 11 months ago

Book Review: Read it to know the pain and joy of activism

Deccan Chronicle  

This is not a glib account of mobilising the rural poor, penned by a peripatetic babu or a drive-in-fly-out development expert. Nikhil Dey — recently returned after college in the United States, seeking something beyond a comfortable life, became a friend; Shanker Singh, a local village official’s gifted son, adroit puppeteer and communicator extraordinaire, completed the group which bonded and …

The lost tribes of India: For vulnerable indigenous communities, is integration the only answer?
7 years, 4 months ago

The lost tribes of India: For vulnerable indigenous communities, is integration the only answer?

Firstpost  

It’s a familiar story around the world — tribal communities being pushed out of their land and livelihoods, murdered, or plundered and left to fend for themselves, without help. “In the case of vulnerable groups such as tribals, the burden and impact of displacement is the most pronounced,” says Mohanty, who has worked with India’s tribal communities for many years …

Why tribals need a Mayawati: Atrocities on adiwasis don’t bother urban India
8 years, 7 months ago

Why tribals need a Mayawati: Atrocities on adiwasis don’t bother urban India

Firstpost  

What is needed is for tribals to have their own strong leaders and politicians-activists to ensure that they are heard and justice is done to them too. In fact, atrocities on tribals in MP, Odisha or Jharkhand, fail to evoke strong reaction from the political class and mostly the tribal victim’s voice fails to reach the national level. Lack of …

PM asks ministries, NITI Aayog to frame strategies for tribal areas
10 years, 2 months ago

PM asks ministries, NITI Aayog to frame strategies for tribal areas

Firstpost  

Chairing a meeting on tribal welfare in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the tribal communities as a great force for national development. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked various ministries to work in coordination to develop strategies for stopping the spread of Left wing extremism and instructed the newly-established NITI Aayog to plan for overall development …

Roadmap to tribal wellbeing
11 years, 4 months ago

Roadmap to tribal wellbeing

The Hindu  

Recognising that health indicators are generally poor in the country’s tribal areas, the government has decided to develop a national framework and roadmap to improve the appropriateness, access, and quality of health services among the tribal population. The national framework will be drafted by an expert committee constituted by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to better address …

Tribal development with digital inclusion
11 years, 9 months ago

Tribal development with digital inclusion

Live Mint  

The Karbi Anglong district in Assam was created in 1976 to protect tribal communities. Other common traits of our tribal community areas are poverty, illiteracy, low income, food insecurity, lack of basic infrastructure and civic amenities, poor educational facilities, poor standard of living, and unemployment. The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd is the nodal agency to provide …

Mamata announces a separate department for Tribal Affairs
11 years, 10 months ago

Mamata announces a separate department for Tribal Affairs

India TV News  

Kolkata, May 22: To ensure added importance to tribals in the state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday announced a separate department of tribal affairs, which would be under her. Therefore, a separate tribal affairs department will be created just like the minority affairs department and it will remain under me," Banerjee told reporters at the state secretariat.With the …

Development projects for tribals will tackle Maoist menace: Ramesh
12 years, 2 months ago

Development projects for tribals will tackle Maoist menace: Ramesh

Firstpost  

Advocating development and livelihood projects centred around tribals to tackle Maoist menace, the Centre announced packages worth Rs 300 crore for housing and roads for vulnerable tribal groups in Odisha’s backward Kalahandi district. Lanjigarh : Advocating development and livelihood projects centred around tribals to tackle Maoist menace, the Centre announced packages worth Rs 300 crore for housing and roads for …

'Policymakers should ensure tribals get benefits of resources'
12 years, 3 months ago

'Policymakers should ensure tribals get benefits of resources'

India TV News  

New Delhi, Nov 28: Union Minister Paban Singh Ghatowar today stressed on the need to ensure that tribals get due benefits of natural resources as they are preservers of these assets. “Tribals are the preservers of natural resources and policymakers should make sure that they receive the benefits of these resources.We cannot neglect tribals in our growth policy,” the Minister …

Tribal travails
12 years, 6 months ago

Tribal travails

The Hindu  

A useful analytical framework to study the deprivation and development of Adivasis in the larger Indian context. Despite post-Independence India having aimed at both integrating the tribes into Indian society while also protecting and safeguarding their distinct social and cultural identity, the nature of the development pursued in tribal areas has consisted of expropriating the tribal people of their land, …

'There you go!': a satire on tribal struggles
14 years, 1 month ago

'There you go!': a satire on tribal struggles

The Hindu  

The briefcase-wielding officials in Oren Ginzburg's satirical cartoon series ‘There you go!' Ginzburg's little book will bring a wry smile to the lips of anyone familiar with tribal peoples' struggles to keep their land, from the rainforests of Borneo to the sands of the Kalahari. It cleverly exposes the motives that too often lie behind attempts to ‘ develop' tribal …

Bhopal disaster ‘a civilisational mismatch’
15 years, 3 months ago

Bhopal disaster ‘a civilisational mismatch’

The Hindu  

While the Centre intends to uproot naxalism through the controversial Operation Green Hunt, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has a different view on the problem. He also speaks on other issues plaguing the State, including malnutrition, migration from Bundelkhand, faulty implementation of the Forest Rights Act and the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Madhya Pradesh has always been …

Tribal travails
20 years, 5 months ago

Tribal travails

The Hindu  

Thank you for highlighting the travails of tribal people through the cover story. Sheojee SinghChandigarh * * * Politicians are pursuing caste and communal politics and trying to outwit one another but have no time to address the concerns of the hapless tribal people. In spite of all the safeguards provided to them by the Constitution, Central and State laws, …

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