Category: Vulnerable Section
Tribal Welfare Schemes in Budget
Union Budget 2025-26 provides a historic financial boost for tribal welfare, with a 45.79% increase in funding for the development of 10.45 crore tribal people across India.
Nagoba Jatara | Gond Tribes
Nagoba Jatara, a holy pilgrimage event, started in Adilabad district, Telangana.
Melanistic Tiger | Lodha Tribe
Odisha Forest Department has arrested 4 poachers belonging to the Lodha tribe for the illegal hunting of a rare melanistic tiger in Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR), Odisha.
Hatti Tribe
Boda Tyohar festival, the largest annual celebration for the Hatti tribes of the Trans-Giri region in Himachal Pradesh has started.
De-notified Tribes
Rising anger among Denotified Tribes (DNTs), Semi-Nomadic Tribes (SNTs), and Nomadic Tribes (NTs) over delayed SEED scheme implementation.
Svamitva Scheme
Four years since the Union government launched the Svamitva scheme.
Birhor Tribe
Jharkhand’s Birhor tribe have joined movement against child marriage for first time.
Jarawa Tribe
Jarawa Tribe of Andaman & Nicobar Islands has been enrolled in electoral roll for first time.
State of the World’s Children 2024 report
India to have 350 million children by 2050, faces urgent challenges to secure their future, says UNICEF report
Pradhan Mantri Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana
Pradhan Mantri Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana (PMVKY) completes 10 years.
Mankidia Tribes
Mankidia tribes of Odisha received habitat rights over forests in Odisha under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.