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Modi Govt Moves To Create 20L Tribal Change Leaders, First RPL Under Aadi Karmayogi Abhiyan Launched

The mission is aimed at promoting responsive governance through bottom-up visioning, real-time grievance redressal, and collaborative implementation. It is billed as a whole-of-nation movement to build a cadre of tribal grassroots functionaries and village-level change leaders.
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Van Dhan Kendra set up for Andaman’s Onge tribe

In a bid to make the Onge tribe self-sustainable through coconut-based products, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration has set up a Van Dhan Vikas Kendra for them at Dugong Creek, in Little Andaman, under the Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyay Maha Abhiyan. Initially, 56 members of the Onge tribe will be part of VDVK and focus on producing value-added coconut-based products, including high-quality copra and cold-pressed coconut oil. The PVTG Onge VDVK members have been trained in copra processing, coconut oil extraction, and the use of specialised machinery that has been set up. Dugong Creek, which is about 93 km from Port Blair, is a reserved area for the Onge tribe and is currently home to only 140 people, including 74 males and 66 females.

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States and Union Territories in India have Scheduled Tribes

Emphasising the importance of technology in our lives in modern era, President Droupadi Murmu said it is not right that our tribal community be deprived of the benefits of modern development. The occasion also saw the launch of Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Tribes. THE INDIAN TRIBAL reports 

The Festival of Flowers is celebrated by Oraon tribals, mostly in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, on the third day of the Chaitra month. It will be celebrated tomorrow (April 11). Sarhul heralds the beginning of the New Year. The Indian Tribal brings you a pictorial presentation about the vibrant, lively and colourful festival, wherein nature is worshipped
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