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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

The bill also amends the schedule to the Scheduled Tribes order to include the Deshwari, Ganjhu, Dautalbandi (Dwalbandi), Patbandi, Raut, Maajhia, Khairi (Kheri), Tamaria (Tamadia) and Puran communities in the ST list of Jharkhand

In poll year, the Rs 10,000-crore river-linking proposal in Gujarat has attained serious political connotations as it has angered the Adivasis, who fear the project may submerge over 35 villages. MAYURI DAVE gauges the political climate

The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2022, seeking to include the 'Darlong' community as a sub-tribe of 'Kuki' in the list of Scheduled Tribes of Tripura. The Government has also sought to amend the list relating to SC/STs of UP

The 11-day exhibition-cum-sale of tribal handicrafts, art, paintings, fabric and jewellery from across 10 states of India was inaugurated in Kevadia, Gujarat on Sunday

Nagaland is set to witness history as BJP’s S Phangnon Konyak, a tribal, will become the first woman Rajya Sabha member from the State

Shahdol Division in Madhya Pradesh is witnessing a unique initiative. The brainchild of the Divisional Commissioner, the plan envisages MBBS students mentoring tribal students studying in Class 10 and 12 for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)

An over five-decade-old demand is again being pushed, that too, with more vigour in Himachal Pradesh as it goes to poll later this year

Replying to the debate on the working of his Ministry in the Rajya Sabha, Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda asserted it was the Modi Government which had taken steps to end the historical injustice to the tribal population