वित्त मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण आज यानी 23 जुलाई को मोदी 3.0 का पहला बजट पेश कर रहीं हैं। इस बजट से किसानों से लेकर आम जनता को काफी उम्मीदें हैं। इस बजट में देश के आदिवासी परिवारों के लिए भी नई योजना शुरु की गई है

Sarhul, which means worshipping of the Sal tree, is the main festival of the tribal population of Jharkhand. The festival, which redefines worship of nature, is being celebrated with fanfare galore after a gap of two years due to COVID19. Details here.

On August 9, when governments around the globe observed the International Day of the World's Indigenous People, patrolling forest guards opened fire on a group of tribal residents in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha. One person died and four others were injured. What led to this incident? Where does the implementation of The Forest Rights Act, 2006, stand? A ground report.

A sports teacher in a primary school recalls how tribal students in Sirohi district, Rajasthan, were deprived of proper education. However, they proved their mettle in a sports tournament, and were lauded for their performance.

Malnourishment, tuberculosis and superstition are rampant in the Saharia particularly vulnerable tribal group of Madhya Pradesh, which has the highest TB burden in the country. A community-based awareness programme on malnutrition is trying to address the problem.

The Bison Horn Maria tribe is one of the oldest Adivasi communities in central India. Menfolk of this tribe wear traditional headdress made of bison horns, decorated with cowrie shells and bird feathers. Women, too, wear headbands made of cowrie shells and a lot of silver jewellery.

Tribal residents in Odisha’s Rayagada are able to supplement their livelihoods by producing tasty and marketable cakes from using tamarind which is abundantly found in the forest areas of Bissamcuttack and Kashipur blocks. Details here.

As part of the Abua Bir Dishom campaign, Jharkhand has set a target to provide community forest rights titles to 10,000 villages, individual forest rights to around 1,00,000 families and also dispose of 20,679 pending claims.

In a village near Jammu, members of the nomadic Bakarwal tribe prepare to travel to the upper reaches of Kashmir along with their livestock. But not all of them will as many young people are breaking away from their nomadic past to look for better livelihoods elsewhere.

Chandra Kumar Chakma, the 28-year-old healer from Tripura, has documented over 500 medicinal plants, formulations and healing practices of his tribe and has profiled them in his Chakma language.