Scheduled Tribes

The Union Tribal Affairs Minister said the objections raised by tribal communities regarding the Rs 72,000-crore contentious mega infrastructure project proposed on the Great Nicobar Island are under examination of his Ministry. The Indian Tribal reports

Marginalised tribal women in a nondescript village in Chhattisgarh’s Baloda Bazar district are much enterprising in their endeavours, finds out Deepanwita Gita Niyogi as she takes a walk around

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi gets to know how an eight-year-old initiative is helping over 100 students, mostly tribals, from villages within a radius of 15 km of the big cats’ habitat

Used to vegetable farming traditionally, several Adivasi couples in Keonjhar district hesitatingly took up strawberry farming on the insistence of ITDA. Niroj Ranjan Misra finds out whether it clicked or not

From juicy flowers bursting with flavours to drying and ending up as an intoxicating brew in bottles as liquor, Mahua’s story is deep, beyond ornamentation and intrinsic to tribal culture, writes Deepanwita Gita Niyogi

While nearly 40 Santali jatra troupes were alive more than two decades ago, only about 15 in Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Balasore districts still fight on. Niroj Ranjan Misra delves deep into the concerning issue

The incident comes as a stark reminder of the 2018 gang rape of five women in Kochang block of the same Khunti district. Jharkhand DGP said the accused above 16 years will be tried as adults. The Indian Tribal reports

Nearly 9,000 dancers presented the mega dance performance in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar, some 60 Ambassadors and leading industrialists. The Indian Tribal reports

In its quest to transcend from B2C to B2B approach for tribal communities, the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd (TRIFED) is entering into many strategic partnerships. The Indian Tribal reports

After inaugurating the nine-day festival in Delhi, President Droupadi Murmu said the idea behind paying special attention to the development of tribal society is that only when the tribal society progresses, our country will also progress in the true sense. The Indian Tribal reports