Tribal Development Report 2022

Recently, the Bharat Rural Livelihoods Foundation, an independent society set up under the Ministry of Rural Development, released a first-of-its-kind Tribal Development Report-2022.

• The report focuses on the status of tribal communities at an all-India level and central India in particular, concerning livelihoods, agriculture, natural resources, economy, migration, governance, human development, gender, health, education, art, and culture.

Major Highlights: India’s tribal communities form 8.6 per cent of the country’s population according to the 2011 Census.

• Central India is home to 80% of the tribal communities in the country.
• The indigenous communities of India have been pushed farther away from alluvial ....