Tribes
| Tribes in News | State and their Issues | Features |
| Chenchu | Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group✍ ,forest dwellers, Nallamala 👀 forest range spread across four to five districts in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states,Scheduled Tribe ,Dravidian language family | Amrabad Tiger Reserve 👀lies in Nallamala hills of Telangana |
| Bru-Reang | spread across the northeastern states of Tripura, Assam, Manipur, and Mizoram ,In Tripura-✍Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group, agreement-Union Govt, Govt of Tripura & Mizoram and Bru-Reang representatives to end the 23-year old Bru-Reang refugee crisis. | 30,000 Bru tribes who fled Mizoram, are residing in Tripura’s refugee camps. |
| Kani | nomadic people, indigenous to tropical forests of the Agasthyamalai hills of the Western Ghats, a mountain range in Kerala, tribal physicians, known as Plathi ,Thamirabarani River is a perennial river - flows into the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. | ‘miracle plant’ is known for its traditional use by the Kani tribal community to combat fatigue |
| Kodavas | patrilineal ethno-lingual tribe, Kodagu,in Karnataka state of southern India ,Centre has decided to continue a British-era rule of exempting the Kodavas of Coorg, a well-known martial community in Karnataka, from obtaining licence for firearms such as pistols, revolvers and double-barrelled shotguns. | worship weapons during the 'Kailpodh' festival , tenure of 10 years, till 2029. |
| Gond Tribe | One of the largest tribal groups in the world,mostly live in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha | Subdivided into four tribes:Raj Gonds,Madia Gonds,Dhurve Gonds,Khatulwar Gonds,notified as a Scheduled Tribe. |
| Pradhan tribe | Considered to be the junior branch of Gond tribe and are traditional bards to Gonds | Recite mythologies, folk tales and songs of their gods and goddesses at various festivals, ceremonies and fairs for which service they are paid in cash or kind |
| Kuki and Zomi | Govt. is looking at concluding peace talks with the 23Kuki and Zomi groupsin Manipur,It has been inhabited by ethnic communities including Nagas, Kukis and Meiteis. | Ethnic clashes between the Nagas and Kukis in the early 1990s |
