Indigenous people of A&N The Andaman Islands are home to four ‘Negrito’ tribes – the Great Andamanese, Onge, Jarawa and Sentinelese. The Nicobar Islands are home to two ‘Mongoloid’ tribes – the Shompen and Nicobarese. The ‘Negrito’ tribes are believed …
Who are PVTGs? Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (earlier Primitive tribal group) is a government of India classification created with the purpose of enabling improvement in the conditions of certain communities with particularly low development indices. This was created based on …
Why in News? The Namath Basai programme, introduced recently, received overwhelming response in Attappady, Kerala. About Namath Basai Namath Basai is the Kerala State government’s unique programme of teaching tribal children in their mother tongue. The programme, implemented by the …
About the commission The Government constituted a Commission on 2nd October, 2017, headed by retired Delhi High Court Chief Justice G. Rohini, under Article 340 of the Constitution to examine the issues of the sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes : …