Scheme for Economic Empowerment

Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, Dr Virendra Kumar is scheduled to launch the “Scheme for Economic Empowerment of DNTs (SEED)” on February 16, 2022.

Highlights

Scheme will be launched for the welfare of De-notified, Nomadic and Semi Nomadic Communities (DNCs) at Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi.

How is this community deprived?

• DNTs are the most neglected, marginalized and economically & socially deprived communities.
• They have been living a life of destitution for generations.
• They have escaped attention of developmental framework and thus are deprived of support unlike SCs and STs.
• They never had access to private land or home ownership, historically.
• These tribes used forests and grazing lands for residential use and their livelihood.

National Commission for De-Notified, Nomadic and Semi Nomadic Tribe

Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment decided to constitute a “National Commission for De-Notified, Nomadic and Semi Nomadic Tribes”. It was constituted under the Chairmanship of Bhiku Ramji Idate, for a period of three years. Commission submitted its report in December, 2017. In the report, commission prepared draft lists and details of number of communities.