“India is home to nearly 20 Cr. [200 million] traditional forest-dwelling Adivasis and OTFDs [other forest dwelling communities], who derive their subsistence and livelihoods from forest and forest resources over several generations and thousands of years.” – Research team (Sayantani Satpathi, Shambhavi Singh & Subhodeep Basu) in “Revisiting the Forest Rights Act: Status of Implementation with respect to Land Tenures and Collection of Minor Forest Produce” (Bharat Rural Livelihoods Foundation New Delhi, 12 July 2019)
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Shoumojit Banerjee, The Hindu, PATNA, August 16, 2009 Bihar has a tribal population of about 20 lakh, informs Pramod Kumar Singh, State Convener, Hunger Free Bihar Campaign, but even now, government officials seem to think that the tribals are a miniscule 1 per cent. The Fifth Schedule The Fifth Schedule covers Tribal areas in nine States … Read more
Source: “Diversity of tribal culture on display at Adivasi Cultural Mela”, The Hindu, 16 November 2011Address : https://www.thehindu.com/news/states/karnataka/article2630703.eceDate Visited: Sat Nov 19 2011 11:40:45 GMT+0100 (CET)
Indian aboriginal tribes primarily reside in remote areas of Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal. Indian aboriginal tribes are native tribes, who were much less in number during the primitive times, however, with the passing decades, the Indian aboriginal tribes have considerably grown in number. […] The extent of the tribal population varies … Read more