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Knowledge Nugget: Counting of PVTGs — What you should know for UPSC exam?

August 28, 2025 1:01 pm

Ministry of Tribal Affairs has asked the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RGI) to include the most marginalised Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in the upcoming Census. Why is this enumeration important? How have they been counted so far? What is the role of the RGI?

Ranjit Debbarma claimed non-tribal men were marrying indigenous women to avoid paying taxes.(Image: @ranjtdbarma/Facebook)

‘Cancel special benefits of tribal women marrying non-tribals’: Tipra Motha MLA Ranjit Debbarma to National Commission for Scheduled Tribes

August 18, 2025 10:46 pm

In 2018, the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) – Tipraha faction had demanded a law scrapping the ST status of indigenous women marrying non-tribals.

Maharashtra: No number of ST beneficiaries, funds given based on percentage in population

July 27, 2025 12:17 am

The reply stated that the amount made available from the budget provisions is based on the percentage of the ST population in the total population

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Polyandry in Himachal Pradesh: A closer look at the Hatti community's cultural shift

July 26, 2025 12:25 pm

For the Hatti, recent entrants to the tribal ‘game’, it becomes imperative to publicise polyandrous marriage in order to emphasise their otherness

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Knowledge Nugget: How are Nata Pratha and other tribal customs important for UPSC?

July 23, 2025 12:36 pm

The tribal 'Nata Pratha' custom of divorce poses a peculiar challenge to the administration, particularly implementing the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY). In today's 'Knowledge Nugget,' take a look at some tribal customs that add to India's rich cultural mosaic. In Beyond the Nugget, read about the PMAY.

Knowledge Nugget: Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)

Knowledge Nugget of the day: Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)

November 01, 2024 10:01 am

Bini Muduli became the first from the Bonda community, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG), to clear the Odisha civil service exam. Here’s all that you must know about PVTGs and various government-initiated schemes.

Valmiki Corporation scamsters honey-trapped officials to misappropriate money, claims BJP leader

July 11, 2024 4:34 pm

Senior BJP leader B Sriramulu claimed that high-end luxury cars were purchased with the money meant for the welfare of tribal people.

The tribal population (2,11,927) in the region, comprising primarily the Munda, Santhal, Bhumij and Oraon tribes, remains marginalised despite being the earliest settlers, Tripathy said in his representation to the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST).

Scheduled Tribes panel issues notices to Centre, West Bengal over plight of tribals in Sundarbans

February 26, 2024 1:20 pm

The tribal population (2,11,927) in the region, comprising primarily the Munda, Santhal, Bhumij and Oraon tribes, remains marginalised despite being the earliest settlers, Tripathy said in his representation to the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST).

also said he would meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal in Delhi over the issue. (File Photo)

Decode Politics: Why ST quota demand in Goa is gaining traction

February 13, 2024 9:05 am

With ST numbers rising from 500-odd in Census 2001 to 1.45 lakh in 2011, leading to influence in 4 Assembly seats, and protests for quota rising, BJP govt promises to take up demand with Centre

'Bid to ignite divisive fire': Tripura CPM flags temple controversy and demand to deny ST status to Christians

December 12, 2023 10:53 pm

According to state chief Jitendra Chaudhury, Muslims were not allowed to offer prayers at what he said was an ancient mosque in South Tripura. district.

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After 'Start-Up India', Govt. to launch 'Stand Up India': FM

January 10, 2016 1:24 pm

Vizag, Jan 10 (ANI): Addressing CII's Partnership Summit 2016, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said after 'Start-Up India', the government is going to launch a new programme called 'Stand-Up India'. He said the Stand Up India would be available to women and the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) entrepreneurs.