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Context: Scheme for Economic Empowerment of DNTs (SEED) launched by Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment

Details:

• SEED Scheme launched for the welfare of Denotified, Nomadic and Semi Nomadic Communities.

Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities (DNCs):

• The term 'De-notified Tribes' stands for all those communities which were once notified Criminals under the Criminal Tribes Act 1871, enforced during British rule.
• The Policies of the British government affected their lives and livelihood. As a result, they experienced forcible alienation from their traditional occupations and habitations.
• After Independence, These Acts were repealed by the Indian Government in l952, and thereafter these communities were known as "De-Notified".

Steps taken by Government:

• The Renke Commission (2008) was set up to look into the problems of these communities.
• The Idate Commission (2015) was constituted for the development of these communities.
• In 2019, the Government of India set up the Development and Welfare Board for DNTs, SNTs &NTs (DWBDNCs) for the welfare of these communities.

https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1798792

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