Mr Jagat Prakash Nadda, Health Minister, had said the Centre and the state government are committed to speedy development of tribal and backward areas and a separate tribal ministry has been set up

A sum of Rs 20 crore was allocated to the girl child protection scheme, according to Andhra Pradesh Minister for Women and Child Welfare S Saraswati. A total 730 children would be benefited due to

Raite, a remote Maharashtrian village, shot into limelight in 1998 when some tribal students of its Government Ashram School trekked 66 km for two days and one night to the tribal development

The Himachal Chief Minister, Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal, said in Shimla yesterday that Rs 856 crore would be utilised under the tribal subplan for the development of tribal areas in the Tenth five Year

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has embarked on a massive training programme for government officials aimed at effective enforcement of laws to prevent child labour in Andhra Pradesh

The much publicised agreement between the Chief Minister, A.K. Antony, and the tribal leader, C K Janu, on allocation of land to landless tribals seems to be headed for a dead end with the Government

With barely a week left for World Cup 2002 to begin in Korea and Japan, the Bachpan Bachao Andolan and the Global March Against Child Labour today protested against FIFA's alleged failure to comply

A unique revolution is sweeping the rural areas of the tribal dominated Bastar in Chhattisgarh. All rural women the backbone of the domestic economy between 10 and 75 years have been insured under

Every year thousands of tender hands work to promote pollination of cotton flowers as part of an exercise to manufacture hybrid seeds in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. At least a thousand

The International Labour Organisation in its global report under the follow up to the ILO declaration on fundamental principles and rights at work, has found evidence that home based work involving