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Category Archives: Government of India
Video & ePub: “Biodiversity”: Inherited knowledge and its value for modern healthcare & using resources in a sustainable manner – M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
Learn from M S Swaminathan – a world renowned scientist – how biological diversity contributes to public health, people’s livelihood and environmental security in addition to food security: his call on Indian citizens to use and share resources in a more … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Adivasi / Adibasi, Anthropology, Biodiversity, Colonial policies, Constitution and Supreme Court, Customs, Eastern region, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, ePub & eJournal, Ethnobotany, Forest Rights Act (FRA), Gandhian social movement, Government of India, Health and nutrition, History, Languages and linguistic heritage, Networking, Organizations, Quotes, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Success story, Tips, Video resources - external, Wayanad, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology
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Video | Deepor Beel: A wetland protected by Karbi customs or rituals that give importance to the environment – Assam
Deepor Beel is a wetland situated in Assam inhabited mostly by tribal people along with their distinct folklore and practices. One thousand and two hundred families of 14 indigenous villages around Deepor Beel depend directly or indirectly on the wetland’s … Continue reading
Posted in Customs, Ecology and environment, Elephant, Government of India, Health and nutrition, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Quotes, Seven Sister States, Video resources - external, Worship and rituals
Tagged Karbi
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Learn more about tribal communities in Gujarat
Posted in Anthropology, Community facilities, Crafts and visual arts, Customs, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Ekalavya (Eklavya, Eklabya), EMR & Factory schools, Figures, census and other statistics, Gandhian social movement, Government of India, Health and nutrition, History, Literature and bibliographies, Multi-lingual education, Music and dance, Narmada, Nature and wildlife, Organizations, Particularly vulnerable tribal group, Resources, Revival of traditions, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Seasons and festivals, Storytelling, Success story, Tips, Tourism, Tribal identity, Western region, Women, Worship and rituals
Tagged Bhil, Chaudhari, Dehwali, Dhodia, Gamit, Kunkna, Warli
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Narmada: “The lifeline of Central India” – Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra & Gujarat
Narmada Parikrama is the circumambulation around holy river Narmada undertaken by its pilgrims. Narmada river is considered to be the lifeline of Central India and is worshipped as Narmada maiyyaor Ma Rewa. The journey covers the route passing from the … Continue reading
Posted in Assimilation, Central region, Customs, Government of India, Modernity, Narmada, Quotes, Seasons and festivals, Western region, Worship and rituals
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Census 2011 – Rural-Urban Distribution
Nearly 70 per cent of the country’s population lives in rural areas where, for the first time since independence, the overall growth rate of population has sharply declined, according to the latest Census. Of the 121 crore Indians, 83.3 crore … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Figures, census and other statistics, Globalization, Government of India, Modernity, Press snippets, Regions of India, Rural poverty, Seven Sister States, Women
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