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

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