After choosing a Dalit as a Presidential candidate in the previous elections, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance named an Adivasi woman as its nominee for the for the ...

Two members seriously opposed this – B H Khardekar, the newly-elected member from Kolhapur, and Jaipal Singh Munda. While Khardekar made the well-known arguments against prohibition (revenue, social ...

The Odisha government’s SC & ST Development, Minorities, and Backward Classes Welfare Department welcomed the New Year with a celebration of adivasi culture. Organised in Bhubhaneshwar between January ...

Bhubaneswar: Tribals from different parts of Odisha showcased their lifestyle and culture at the annual Adivasi Fair, which began at Adivasi Ground here on Monday. The fair is on till March 1. Tribal ...

Five years after the Forest Rights Act (FRA) was passed in 2006, India’s first village secured community forest rights. That village, Mendha Lekha, quickly built a thriving, resilient local economy on ...

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Kaanu, a South Indian Adivasi Knowledge Centre, will be launched at the Tribal Health Resource Centre (THRC) at BR Hills, Karnataka on Sunday, August 25. Prashanth N. Srinivas, a medical doctor and ...

In Jharkhand, panchayat (rural administration) elections to democratically elect a mukhiya (panchayat leader) for local governance have been delayed for more than a year because of the Covid-19 ...