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Tribal Atlas of Chhattisgarh

On August 9, 2021, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel released the Tribal Atlas prepared by the Tribal Research and Training Institute (TRI) on the occasion of World Tribal Day.

Chhattisgarh has become the third state in the country after Odisha and Jharkhand to prepare Tribal Atlas.
In this Tribal Atlas, information about the culture, customs, dialects, tribal arts and crafts, Teej-festival, dance, tribal tourism, special backward tribes of the state as well as information regarding the scheduled area of the state has been included.
Also, in this atlas, information about basic educational institutions like tribal sub-plan area, tribal ashram schools/hostels, Eklavya Model Residential School, Prayas Vidyalaya, administrative units in the state, community-wise tribal population, sex ratio, educational status and health facilities will be provided, also included.
In this atlas, a brief district wise habitat profile in respect of 42 tribes of the state has been done through inset map.
Along with the habitat profile, information about the district-wise majorly inhabited, tribe, forest area and different conditions has been presented.
The atlas also includes the basic survey of special backward tribes conducted by the Institute in Census 2011 and information from the Tribal and Scheduled Castes Development Department.

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On August 9, 2021, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel handed over community forest resource rights to five villages in the core areas of Sitanadi Udanti Tiger Reserve in Gariaband district on the occasion of World Tribal Day.

In a virtual program, the Chief Minister has entrusted the rights of community forest resources to the forest rights committees of these five villages of Gariaband district.
After recognizing community forest resource rights to these villages in the core areas of Sitanadi Udanti Tiger Reserve, Chhattisgarh has joined the states where this right has been given in the core area of the Tiger Reserve.
This is the first time in the state that community forest resource rights have been given in the core area of the Tiger Reserve. This right was given to village Karka in the buffer area of Sitanadi last year.
The five villages settled in the core areas of Sitanadi Udanti Tiger Reserve, which have been given this right, include village Masulkhoi (975.58 hectare), village Karhi (984.92 hectare), village Joratarai (551.42 hectare), village Baroli (1389.61 hectare) and village Bahigaon. (1651.72 hectares).

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'Poona Narkom Abhiyan' was launched by Sukma District Police on the occasion of World Tribal Day on 9^th August, 2021.

Under this campaign, medical camps were organized in different places of the district including district headquarters for the tribal villagers of rural areas in collaboration with the district health department.
Along with this, daily useful materials were also distributed to the villagers.
Under this campaign, work will be done to bring awareness to the policies of the government along with education, health and employment.
Under the Poona Narkom campaign, the youth will be made aware and trained in the field of employment by the Sukma Police.