Tag: The Indian Tribal Sports

A pilot project of 10,000 smart cards will be rolled out in March followed by steps for coverage of nearly one lakh migratory families. Aadhar linkage is also being enabled for benefits of various schemes

The historic 'Sammakka Saralamma Jatara', a four-day mega tribal festival, began at Medaram village in Mulugu district of Telangana on Wednesday with thousands attending the biennial State Festival

State government officials say an estimated 1 crore people gathered in Medaram Jatara in 2018 and thus it could be easily said that it attracts the largest gathering of devotees after Kumbh Mela in UP

The NCST initiative is the first-ever such internship programme for students who will study the problems of the tribals by staying and working amidst them, based on which they will prepare their reports

The Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MTA) on Tuesday convened the Project Approval Committee (PAC) meeting for Jammu & Kashmir to consider and approve various research and development projects submitted by the Tribal Research Institute, J&K

An amount of Rs 87,584 cr has been allocated as Schedule Tribe Component in 2022-23 to 41 Central Ministries, which are required to incur this expenditure for the welfare of STs and development of tribal areas

Kerala has the lowest school dropout rate in the country. But it needs to take note of the fact that close to one-fourth of those dropping out is from the Scheduled Tribes. Those are big numbers

A move is afoot in Jharkhand to document the folklores and dances of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups namely Birhor, Korwa, Asur, Birijiya, Munda and Ho Tribes, Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

The issue of reservation to OBCs in panchayat polls has become a major flashpoint for different stakeholders in Odisha, where tribals have hit the streets protesting reduction in their quota

A fortnight into the Prevention of Mob Violence and Mob Lynching Bill, 2021 passed by the Jharkhand Assembly, a 32-year-old man has been lynched and his body burnt by a mob incensed at his act of allegedly cutting trees of religious importance to the Munda community for wood