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The Government of Jharkhand, which observes August 9 as a State holiday to commemorate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, holds special two-day celebrations to mark the occasion. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

Currently, no seat in the 40-member Goa assembly is reserved for the Scheduled Tribe community while one seat is reserved for the Scheduled Castes. The Indian Tribal reports

The two-day Conference of Governors also saw the President and the Prime Minister urging the Governors to ensure that common people have an affinity with the Raj Bhawans and that they should evolve an ideal model of governance in them.
The Indian Tribal reports

Within a day of the Meitei and Hmar communities reaching an agreement to make efforts to restore normalcy in the district, fresh violence was reported from there. The Indian Tribal reports

President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the two-day Conference of Governors at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Friday (August 2) in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar and Home Minister Amit Shah. The Indian Tribal reports

The new dispensation of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi recently announced the special initiative of doling out pocket money to Scheduled Tribe students to dissuade them from dropping out of school. Sandip Kumar Bal reports

As per data provided by the Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Durgadas Uikey, there are 20 slots available under National Overseas Scholarship in every selection year. The Indian Tribal reports

The quasi-judicial tribunal, headed by Jharkhand Assembly Speaker, ordered the termination of membership of the two legislators, one a tribal and another a Kurmi. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

Into the third term of the Modi government while the budgetary allocations for the Ministry increased by a massive 190 percent since 2014, the funds under the Development Action Plan for Scheduled Tribes (DAPST) saw a six-time increase during the same period. The Indian Tribal reports

Announcing the new scheme, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said it is aimed at improving the socio-economic conditions of tribal communities in the country. The Indian Tribal reports