This exhaustive report by the Expert Committee on Tribal Health was formulated to provide health statistics and data on the tribal population of India separate from its rural population. Penned by several prominent academicians and policymakers, it sets out to document the current unmet healthcare needs of the ST community with the end goal of […]
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This article highlights the impact of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) on tribal communities in Madhya Pradesh, India. The tribal population in India constitutes 8.6% of the total population, with 80% of them residing in the Central Indian Tribal Belt. These communities face social and economic backwardness, and their livelihoods largely
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In India, the Schedule Tribes have remained on the fringes of growth, but less so in the majority tribal areas of the North East. This has increased the interest in the Sixth Schedule, the special constitutional provision relating to these areas, recognising the tribal communities’ rights of ownership and control over their land and natural
