Denotified Tribes [1] are the tribes in India that were listed originally under the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871, [2] as Criminal Tribes and "addicted to the systematic commission of non-bailable offences."

Jan 29, 2025 · How many denotified, semi-nomadic, and nomadic tribes have been comprehensively categorised by the Anthropological Survey of India and Tribal Research Institutes? What will be the impact on SC,...

A comprehensive study has categorized 268 denotified, semi-nomadic, and nomadic tribes, recommending their inclusion in SC, ST, and OBC lists. The classification could reshape welfare benefits and political dynamics.

Aug 26, 2023 · The Parliamentary panel on Social Justice and Empowerment has pulled up the Union government over the “very slow” process to categorise over 260 denotified, nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes (DNTs) under either the SC/ST/OBC lists.

Dec 27, 2022 · Who are Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes? These are communities that are the most vulnerable and deprived. DNTs (Denotified) are communities that were ‘notified’ as being ‘born criminals’ during the British regime under a series of laws starting with the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871.

Apr 6, 2022 · Who are de-notified, nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes? These are communities who are the most vulnerable and deprived. Denotified tribes (DNTs) are communities that were ‘notified’ as being ‘born criminal’ during the British regime under a series of laws starting with the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871.

Mar 21, 2025 · The DNT-RAG studied the conditions of denotified tribes and prepared a report. In 1998, the DNT-RAG wrote to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in India and the United Nations Secretary ...

All nomadic tribes (NTs) are not de-notified tribes (DNTs), but all DNTs are NTs. Given the historically embedded diversities between the NTs and DNTs, it is difficult to treat them as a homogeneous social group or an analytical category (Renke 2008: 8–20).

Jan 30, 2025 · The term 'De-notified Tribes' stands for all those communities which were once notified under the Criminal Tribes Acts, enforced by the British government between 1871 and 1971. These Acts were repealed by the independent Indian Government in 1952, and these communities were "Denotified".

Jan 21, 2024 · De-notified, Nomadic, and Semi-Nomadic Tribes (DNTs) in India refer to communities historically categorized as “criminal tribes” under the colonial Criminal Tribes Act of 1871. These communities faced stigmatization and discrimination, and they were subject to restrictive measures and surveillance.