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Some of tribes which are in news are frequently referred as denotified tribes. What are ‘Denotified tribes’ in India?

The tribes which have been removed from the list of Scheduled Tribes.

The tribes which were branded as criminal during British rule.

The tribes whose rights on forest resources are not recognised by the Gram Sabha under the Forest Rights Act, 2006

The tribes which were outside the British rule during the colonial period

Explanation:

Denotified Tribes (also known as Vimukta Jati) are the tribes that were labelled by the Britishers as criminal under the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871. These were removed from the list by the Indian government in 1952. However, thus denotified tribes were reclassified as "habitual offenders" in 1959.