tribal population

Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar. Credit: PTI

India’s Forests, and Their Peoples, Are Caught Between Two Ministries

C.R. Bijoy 30/07/2021

In 2006, authority on matters of the rights of...

Poonam, a resident of Pachkol village in Chhindwara district in south-west Madhya Pradesh, belongs to the Bhariya community, categorised as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group. There is a 44% shortfall in the healthcare infrastructure in the tribal areas of Madhya Pradesh despite the fact that, last year, the state government had left in hand Rs 4,000 crore allocated for tribal welfare. Credit: Nikhil M. Babu/IndiaSpend

Read | India’s First Comprehensive Tribal Health Report

Ayesha Marfatia 17/11/2018

The report is the culmination of years of study...