For first time since 1911, denotified tribes to be enumerated in census 2027For the first time since 1911, India's upcoming 2027 Census will include denotified tribes, aiming to elevate these historically marginaliz...
18 Dec, 2025, 12.25 AM IST
Parliamentary panel urges Centre to boost SC, ST & OBC scholarshipsA parliamentary panel directs the Centre to enhance and review scholarships for Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes due to insuffic...
02 Apr, 2025, 12.30 AM IST
National Overseas Scholarship: Eligibility, process and other detailsThe National Overseas Scholarship is a government scholarship offered to low-income students from various categories for pursuing their Mas...
19 Jun, 2023, 01.33 PM IST
UP may give ‘denotified MBC tribes’ SC/ST statusAn officer from the backward classes department, however, said in case of denotified tribes, the state, at best, can give recommendations w...
22 Jan, 2021, 11.54 PM IST
Five-day working week for Maha govt employees from Feb 29The Cabinet also decided that the state department for OBCs, SEBCs (socially and educationally backward classes), VJNTs (vimukt jati and no...
12 Feb, 2020, 04.03 PM IST
70 cabinet decisions over 3 weeks to beat code of conductOf the 78 notifications, a big chunk pertains to ministry of road transport and highways’ land acquisition notifications which, if not done...
13 Mar, 2019, 08.15 AM IST
Budget 2019: Bringing the most deprived into mainstreamGoyal announced the formation of a committee under the Niti Aayog, which would identify and classify these tribes.
02 Feb, 2019, 12.24 PM IST
Govt to form panel for nomadic, semi-nomadic communitiesFor the scheduled tribes also, proposed allocation in 2019-20 BE is Rs 50,086 crore as against Rs 39,135 crore in BE 2018-19, an increase o...
01 Feb, 2019, 02.27 PM IST
Government tries to right the wrongs against persecuted tribesAn household survey has been launched to study the living conditions of tribes, including Gadia Lohars and Maravars, and document their his...
27 Jun, 2017, 02.02 AM IST
Want an experience of a lifetime? Meet the Rautes - the last nomads of NepalPopularly known as the last nomads of Nepal, the ‘Rautes’ live their life with many restrictions.
07 Apr, 2016, 07.48 AM IST
Travel undiscovered paths this summer and experience the lives of the native African tribesSpend several weeks with tribal cultural groups and learn their age-old customs.
07 Apr, 2016, 07.11 AM IST
NCBC recommends sub-categorisation within OBCs into three groupsNCBC has recommended sub-categorisation into three sub-categories namely Extremely Backward Classes, More Backward Classes and Backward Cla...
31 Jul, 2015, 07.25 PM IST
Raje govt blamed for crushing rights of nomads, tribesDenotified tribes, nomadic and semi-nomadic welfare board of Rajasthan today accused the Raje govt of crushing interest of tribal people in...
13 Feb, 2015, 06.54 PM IST
FSO's implementation to be a model for others: Ashok GehlotAshok Gehlot today said that the Food Security Ordinance would be implemented in the state in such a way that it would be a 'model' for oth...
18 Jul, 2013, 07.02 PM IST
- Official doing superior's job entitled to higher wages: CAT
The tribunal's order came on an application filed by a Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment employee Kailash Chand Joshi, seeking arr...
09 Jan, 2011, 11.32 AM IST
- Govt proposes to expand reservation list of SC
Of the country's total population, 11 crore people belonged to denotified, nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes
23 Sep, 2008, 10.14 AM IST
- '500 nomadic tribes are poverty stricken'
About 500 tribes across the country were living in abject poverty, a report by National Commission for denotified nomadic and semi-nomadic ...
29 Apr, 2008, 06.49 PM IST