Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the National Tribal Festival “Aadi Mahotsav” at a colorful function at Dilli Haat, INA, today. The 15 days’ festival (16th to 30th November, 2019) is the celebration of the spirit of Tribal Craft, Culture, Cuisine...

The Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that we have to give up the hubris of considering tribes backward and every tribe has a rich and living cultural tradition and we must respect them. It not only social courtesy to respect their cultural...

Curtains were drawn on the 3 day National level Sports Meet for students of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) that kicked off on January 14, 2019 in the GMC Balayogi Sports Arena located in financial district of Gachibowli in Hyderabad, Telengana. The...

Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED felicitated Mary Kom, 6th time Women’s World Boxing Champion and the Brand Ambassador for the TRIBES India’s Punchatantra range of products handcrafted by tribal master-craftsmen from across the country at the closing ceremony...

Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram on Saturday announced Rs 720 crore for setting up of Ekalavya model residential  schools in 36 blocks of Meghalaya."Every block with more than 50 per cent ST population and at least 20,000 tribal people, will have...

Jual Oram, Union Minister for Tribal Affairs inaugurated the “Aadi Mahotsav” a National Tribal Festival to celebrate, cherish and promote the spirit of tribal craft, culture, cuisine and commerce at Delhi Haat, INA today. Jaswant sinh Suman bhai Babhor,and...

“Aadi Mahotsav” a National Tribal Festival is being organized in New Delhi by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED to celebrate, cherish and  promote the spirit of tribal craft, culture, cuisine and commerce. Addressing the media persons here today,...

Tribes India and TRIFED under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs launched “Punch Tantra Collection and Mary Kom as Brand Ambassador of Tribes India” at a function here today. Jual Oram, Union Minister for Tribal Affairs introduced the Indian Sporting Legend and...

Jual Oram, Union Minister for Tribal Affairs inaugurated the “Conference on Empowerment of Women Self Help Groups (SHGs) & Organic Farmers Co-operatives from Dantewada, Bastar Region” at NITI Aayog, New Delhi today. The Conference was organised by NITI...

Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd. (TRIFED) under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs & National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of AYUSH signed an MoU today which aims to promote Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs) forest...

A National Tribal Museum along with a National Level Tribal Research Institute is proposed to be set up at Delhi by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. Briefing mediapersons on four years of initiatives and achievements of the Tribal Affairs Ministry, the...

The Union Minister of Steel, Chaudhary Birender Singh dedicated the rebuilt Blast Furnace-1 ‘Parvati’ of SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) to the Nation today. Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Jual Oram, Dr. Aruna Sharma, Secretary, Ministry of Steel, Binoy...

Minister for Tribal Affairs, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali today called upon Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Jual Oram and took up various issues with him pertaining to welfare and development of tribal population of J&K,...

The Aadi Mahotsav, a celebration of the spirit of Tribal Culture, Craft, Cuisine and Commerce, came to a glittering conclusion at Dilli Haat, New Delhi,  on the evening of 30th November, 2017. Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Shri Jual Oram was the...

The Centre did not support the tribals' demand for a separate state in Tripura but would consider setting up a State Autonomous Development Council (SADC) if the state government so proposed, a Union Minister said on Monday."The NDA (National Democratic...

Minister of Tribal Affairs Jual Oram on Friday said funds released so far for the development of tribal areas in Manipur will be probed.Talking to reporters here, the minister said: "In my next visit, it will be examined whether the field position justifies the...

Senior BJP leader and Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram on Tuesday said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik have an "unholy nexus" and dubbed both as "sinners" of the multi-crore-rupee chit fund scam.Oram's...

Ahead of the BJP National Executive meeting to be held here in Odisha, Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram on Tuesday said some leaders, including members of Parliament and assemblies of other parties, are willing to join the saffron party.The two-day...

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting with the delegation of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) here today. TheMinister for Tribal Affairs JualOram, the MoS for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs, S. S....

Vice President Hamid Ansari on Saturday inaugurated the Biju Patnaik Rural Hockey Tournament which will see over 1400 teams from Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh competing for the title from December 16 to March 17.Inaugurating the event, organised by former...

A Workshop on “Forest Rights Act, 2006 - its Implementation, benefits to tribal and other traditional forest dwelling communities and its challenges” was held in New Delhi today as part of National Tribal Carnival – 2016. The Workshop was Chaired by Shri...

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, today inaugurated the National Tribal Carnival in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion after witnessing an enthralling carnival parade, he said this is the first time that tribal groups from across the country would be in...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate First National Tribal Carnival in Delhi on October 25, 2016. This was announced by Union Tribal Affairs Minister Shri Jual Oram in New Delhi today while addressing a press conference. He said the main purpose of...

Jual Oram, Union Minister of Tribal Affairs met J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, here today. Shri Jual Oram expressed concern about the rising cases of Jaundice...

Thousands of people from all walks of life participated in International Yoga Day celebrations across Odisha on Tuesday.A large number of people, including school children, celebrities and politicians joined in the yoga exercises at Kalinga stadium here.They performed...

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday announced it will collaborate with Sun Pharma to initiate research for malaria eradication and other innovative programmes related to it.The research body also signed an agreement with the pharmaceutical...

In a first, ISRO's National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) will monitor and map the water bodies in tribal belts in the country to help tackle irrigation crisis faced by tribal farmers, a union minister said on Thursday.The initiative has been taken up jointly...

Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram on Thursday said he could not visit some of the 10 tribal regions due to security concerns due to the presence of Maoists."I honestly admit that I could not visit all the 10 blocks because of leftwing extremism," Oram said,...

A group of Tribals invited to witness Republic Day Parade called on Union Tribal Affairs Minister Shri Jual Oram in New Delhi today. The Minister enquired about their well being and also discussed various tribal welfare measures taken up by his Ministry...

“Despite the vagaries of international market, Nalco’s consistent performance – both in terms of productivity and profitability is commendable,” said Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Steel and Mines. He was addressing the 36th Foundation Day Celebrations...