New Delhi asks Bengal to fast track central schemes after Mamata exitThe Centre has flagged West Bengal's failure to implement key central schemes for tribal welfare. Programs like PM-JANMAN and DAJGUA, launc...
Ex-military officers defend Great Nicobar push, reject Rahul Gandhi’s concernsRetired military officials are backing the Great Nicobar Project. They counter allegations of land grabbing and corruption, highlighting it...
Centre to extend tribal welfare scheme to 2027 amid delays and unspent fundsThe Centre's PM-JANMAN program for vulnerable tribal groups will continue until March 2027. Works remain unfinished, necessitating an exten...
Centre to conduct survey to check if 39 schemes reach vulnerable tribesThe Centre will launch its first ‘Individual Entitlement Survey’ covering 10 lakh households from particularly vulnerable tribal groups to ...
87% of funds for vulnerable tribals unspent, House panel flags concernsAbout 87% of funds for the welfare of particularly vulnerable tribal groups under the Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan rem...
No progress on housing, roads, Anganwadis under PM JANMAN in West Bengal: CentreThe Union tribal affairs ministry reported no progress under PM JANMAN in West Bengal for housing, roads, Anganwadis, and student hostels f...
1.78 lakh PVTGs in Jharkhand electoral roll, focus on inclusive, participative elections: EC officialRanchi, Jharkhand is preparing for assembly elections with 100% voter enrolment from particularly vulnerable tribal groups. The state has 2...
Union Cabinet approves Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha AbhiyanIn a significant development, the Union Cabinet, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval to the Pradha...
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...
Revision of electoral rolls in Jharkhand from Oct 27: OfficialKumar said as part of the special drive from November 28 to December 3, names of transgenders, PVTGs, sex workers, voters aged over 80 year...
Chhattisgarh Polls: People above 80 years of age, some PwDs can vote from home through postal ballotsChief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Saturday said persons above 80 years of age and those with more than 40 per cent disability will...
Government to develop human index of 75 vulnerable tribal groupsThe Indian government plans to develop a human development index (HDI) for 75 particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) to measure the ...
How can scheme for vulnerable tribes be effective sans updated data: house panelIt has also taken a grim view of the downward revision of budget in the revised estimate. "The contention of the ministry that the implemen...
Around 3% of population in 177 tribal-dominated districts Covid positiveAccording to government sources, the prevalence of Covid-19 in tribal-dominated districts has not been termed as “alarming” but the tribal ...
Odisha to launch Rs 795 crore worth tribal development schemeOver 62,000 PVTG families would be benefited from OPELIP programme, Patnaik said state government was committed to provide economic empower...
Odisha to invest Rs 1,000 crore for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal GroupsThe Odisha government plans to invest around Rs 1,000 crore to provide better housing and livelihood programmes for them.
Child mortality among scheduled tribes almost double than national averageOram said the higher mortality appears to be due to low childhood immunisation amongst the STs, including particularly vulnerable tribal gr...