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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

The Government's initiatives are for the tribal beneficiaries who are among the most neglected, marginalised and economically deprived communities

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

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs will promote tribal entrepreneurs and bring about transformational changes in the livelihood of tribals through two new initiatives — Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Pradhan Mantri Jan Jatiya Vikas Mission

The Covid-19 pandemic has made the Modi government go big on its Digital push both in the school and higher education sectors

Refusing to lay down any yardstick for granting reservation in promotion to SC/STs in Government jobs, the Supreme Court on Friday said Centre and states cannot escape from providing quantifiable data to justify its provision to them. So what does the Government do now?