Study moots inclusion of 179 communities in SC, ST, OBC lists

Anthropological Survey of India and Tribal Research Institutes have, for the first time, comprehensively categorised 268 denotified, semi-nomadic, and nomadic tribes; Ministry says report ‘pending’ with NITI Aayog panel, ‘scrutiny’ under way

​Anthropological Survey of India and Tribal Research Institutes have, for the first time, comprehensively categorised 268 denotified, semi-nomadic, and nomadic tribes; Ministry says report ‘pending’ with NITI Aayog panel, ‘scrutiny’ under way