2023
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Preserving Bamboo and Cane Crafts: Indigenous Traditional Knowledge Custodian, Lepcha Bongthing, Gangtok
The initiative blends ancestral craftsmanship with modern strategies to protect, innovate and market tribal arts that are at risk of extinction. It empowers artisans and creates livelihoods.
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Reviving Millets, Reviving Traditions: Odisha Millets Mission’s Tribal Transformation
The mission represents a convergence-driven, participatory effort by government, civil society and academia.
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Digitizing Justice: Telangana’s Online RoFR Titles Granting System Empowers Forest-Dwelling Communities
Recognizing the critical need to bridge these gaps, the government introduced the Online RoFR Titles Granting System (ORTGS) in November 2021. This system digitized the claim and approval processes.
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Fostering Resilience through Cluster-based Tribal Livelihoods: The Mission Jeevika Model
The mission was developed and implemented by the ST & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Department through the Odisha Tribal Development Society (OTDS). It leverages state and central government schemes to enhance production, create infrastructure and ensure access to markets.
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Mentorship Programme for PVTGs in Odisha
COVID-19 led to disruption of classroom-based learning. The Alternate Learning and Mentorship Programme (ALMP) was conceptualised and launched by the Government of Odisha’s ST & SC Development Department as a timely and inclusive intervention to ensure educational continuity for tribal and backward-class students during the pandemic.
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Participatory Plantation for Prosperity: APFCL’s Socio-Economic Model for Tribal Empowerment
The Arunachal Pradesh Forest Corporation Limited (APFCL) was established by the state government in 1977 to promote the socio-economic development of tribal populations while ensuring sustainable forest use. As a government-owned Public Sector Undertaking (PSU), its dual mission includes both commercial and welfare objectives.
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Empowering Tribal Women through Van Dhan Vikas Kendras in Rajasthan
Van Dhan Vikas Yojana (VDVY) was launched as a transformative tribal livelihood programme to channel the potential of minor forest produce (MFP) into sustainable income for tribal women. It builds upon the SHG platform of Rajeevika, aiming to convert tribal gatherers into empowered entrepreneurs.
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Empowering the Margins: Transforming the Lives of Chhattisgarh’s Vulnerable Tribal Communities
The Chhattisgarh State Rural Livelihoods Mission (CGSRLM) has embarked on a pioneering project to uplift the PVTGs.
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Bridging Educational and Nutritional Gaps through Maa Badi Centres in Tribal Rajasthan
Maa Badi Centres, a pioneering initiative by the Tribal Area Development Department of Rajasthan in collaboration with SWACH (Sanitation, Water and Community Health Project), aim to provide a holistic response to the twin challenges of poor educational access and undernutrition among tribal children.
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Gutu Galaang Kalyaan Trust: A Micro-Enterprise Model by PVTG Women in Jharkhand
Pakur district in Jharkhand is home to approximately 12,600 PVTG households, many of whom face acute poverty, social exclusion, and limited access to sustainable livelihoods. To address these challenges, the district administration initiated a unique intervention to empower PVTG women through entrepreneurship, resulting in the formation of the Gutu Galaang Kalyaan Trust, a micro-enterprise.