In poll year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached out to the tribal community of Gujarat by unveiling a slew of developmental projects in the tribal belt, highlighting his Government’s work for them vis a vis the Congress, promising more development and eulogising icon Birsa Munda, Mayuri Dave reports

Among others, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s three-day visit to Gujarat, his second in the last few months, is seen as an attempt to woo the State’s tribal community, reports Mayuri Dave

In line with its focus on the tribal community, the BJP on Friday listed out a number of government welfare measures for the empowerment of Scheduled Tribes in the last eight years, which, it said, was much more than what rival parties did during their nearly six-decade-long rule

The Centre has started the process of collecting data on the representation of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe employees at all levels of government

The Jharkhand High Court grants bail to an “innocent” tribal saying this case has not only shaken the conscience of this Court, but also shaken the faith in the investigating agency, reports Sudhir Kumar Mishra

The latest reiteration of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs comes as a major setback to the Hatti community which was promised an ST status by the political leadership

Parliament has passed a bill to include Bhogta and certain other communities in the list of Scheduled Tribes in Jharkhand. Government denies any political motive

The number of Eklavya Model Residential Schools are way off mark the original target

Jammu and Kashmir achieved a milestone as the fiscal 2021-22 came to a close. The Tribal Affairs Department disbursed scholarships worth Rs 31.12 crore, the highest ever in the Union Territory, to tribal students

Taking a cue from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, the Naveen Patnaik government will launch an ambitious over Rs 300 crore climate-resilient natural farming programme in tribal-dominated areas of five districts in Odisha