Budget’s tribal push: Health & sports hubs, creches plannedThe upcoming Union Budget 2026-27 is set to boost the social sector with new welfare schemes for vulnerable groups. Key initiatives include...
31 Jan, 2026, 12.50 AM IST
Centre plans 'tribal atlas' of remote villagesThe Centre has instructed states to map tribal-dominated villages to create a 'tribal atlas,' aiding in demographic and cultural profiling....
23 Feb, 2025, 08.33 AM IST
Cabinet nod to Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan; earmarks Rs 79,156 crore for upliftment of tribal communitiesThe Union Cabinet, led by PM Narendra Modi, has approved the Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan with a budget of Rs 79,156 crore. ...
18 Sep, 2024, 03.50 PM IST
Jharkhand to develop a Tribal Development Digital Atlas to map socio-economic condition of tribalsIn the first phase, 150 youth which includes 60 girls are being given coaching for various examinations, the statement said, adding this is...
28 Oct, 2023, 10.52 AM IST
Manipur violence: Houses set on fire; forces use tear gas shells to control mobThe Manipur government has extended the internet ban for five more days as it fears that anti-social elements might use social media for in...
16 Jun, 2023, 11.49 AM IST
Manipur: Houses set on fire; forces use tear gas shells to control mobA senior police official told ET, "Two houses were set on fire in New Checkon. A group of people had heated exchanges with fire tender pers...
15 Jun, 2023, 11.50 PM IST
Eyeing tribal belt, PM launches multiple projects in NavsariBatting strongly for incumbent chief minister Bhupendra Patel and Gujarat BJP president CR Patil, Modi said even when he was the chief mini...
11 Jun, 2022, 12.46 AM IST
Naxal-hit Chhattisgarh forest turning into tourism hub, offering new means of livelihood to tribalsWalking on dirt tracks inside a remote dense forest of Keshkal in Chhattisgarh, one is surprised on suddenly hearing the sound of gushing w...
12 Dec, 2021, 11.26 AM IST
States begin Covid-19 vaccine push in rural IndiaStates with a large rural spread, including Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha and Maharashtra have ...
19 Mar, 2021, 09.40 AM IST
Land in Kalapani, Lipulekh belongs to India's border villages: OfficialLocal land records also say the land at Kalapani and Lipulekh belongs to the residents of two villages on the Indian side of the border, an...
14 Jun, 2020, 03.21 PM IST
Kalapani, Lipulekh mentioned in land records of border villages: OfficialThe inauguration earlier this month of a road linking Lipulekh pass with Dharchula triggered tensions between the two countries with Nepal ...
20 May, 2020, 06.47 PM IST
Panchayats, local bodies to decide water chargesThe Centre has decided that it will not prescribe a price structure for water usage under its flagship scheme to state governments.
09 Oct, 2019, 10.23 AM IST
Gujarat tribals turn bamboo plantation ownersBetween April 2014 and June 2015, a mill lifted 96,000 tonnes of bamboo. Wages paid totalled a whopping Rs 12 crore.
24 Jan, 2016, 10.59 AM IST
196 forest villages in Gujarat to become revenue villagesThe Gujarat government has decided to convert 196 villages from forest area in the tribal belt of the state into revenue villages, enabling...
08 Aug, 2015, 11.19 PM IST
Tribal ministry to use space tech to develop water bodiesThe MoTA Secretary had recently visited National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) under Department of Space, Hyderabad, where he studied the sp...
02 Apr, 2015, 06.39 PM IST
- Government approves road map for TRIFED
For capacity building of tribal population and retail marketing of products manufactured by them, Government has approved a road map for Tr...
25 Nov, 2011, 04.53 PM IST
- Tribals resist move to sell land to Arcelor-Mittal
AMARM has threatened to move court if govt gives 1,025 acres land to Mittal.
30 May, 2009, 01.35 AM IST