Community leaders advocate for a separate classification of Denotified, Nomadic, and Semi-Nomadic Tribes in India's upcoming Census.
In Karnataka, nomadic communities come under three departments – Social Welfare, Scheduled Tribe Welfare and BCW. Forty-six nomadic communities are coming under the BCW.
MUMBAI, May 27 (Reuters) - About 50,000 Indian low-caste Hindus and nomadic tribespeople converted to Buddhism before a vast crowd on Sunday in the hope of escaping the rigidity of the ancient Hindu ...