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Source: Indian Express
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What is discussed?
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- How it helps
Why in News ?
The Union Social Justice Ministry has so far received 402 online applications from across the country to avail benefits under SEED, a scheme meant for the upliftment of Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes (DNTs/NTs/SNTs).
Key Facts
- More than 10 crore Indians from 1,400 communities belong to these groups, as per the latest estimates available with the government.
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What is SEED?
- The Scheme for Economic Empowerment of Denotified/Nomadic/SemiNomadic (SEED) communities was launched in February 2022 by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.
- It aims to provide free competitive exam coaching to these students, to provide health insurance to families, to uplift clusters of these communities through livelihood initiatives, and to provide financial assistance for housing.
De-Notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes
- These are communities that are the most vulnerable and deprived.
- DNTs 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.
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