-The New Indian Express PALAKKAD: To strengthen the capacity of women and increasing their livelihood opportunities, tribal women in Attappadi are encouraged to undertake cultivation of traditional crops   through the Neighbourhood Groups (NHG) of the Kudumbashree. A total of 506 exclusive tribal women NHGs have been constituted in Attappadi and seeds will be distributed to them before the monsoon sets in. This is being done under the Mahila Kisan Shashakthikarna Pariyojana (MKSP)...

-The Hindu Health workers conducting a survey in 10 mandals in the district have so far identified over 10 per cent of the 6,000 respondents carrying different breast infections Adilabad (Telengana): The high incidence of breast infections among Adivasi women of Adilabad in Telangana has created apprehension of more serious health impacts for this remote population. Health workers conducting a survey in 10 mandals in the district have so far identified over 10...

-The Hindu With Jeevan Dhara, govt. hopes to bring down infant morality rate Rajasthan's first State-run human milk bank, "Jeevan Dhara", was inaugurated by Health Minister Rajendra Rathore at the Mahila Chikitsalaya here on Thursday. He said the government would set up such banks across the State. The first mother's milk bank in the State was started by a non-governmental organisation in a government hospital in Udaipur. "Jeevan Dhara" has been started in collaboration...

-The Times of India GUMLA: US-based Ford Foundation's president Darren Walker has, with a team comprising Larissa Macfarquhar, Alfred Ironside from the US and Srinivasan and Kavita from India, visited Gumla on Wednesday to assess the change process carried out during the last few years within tribal communities through NGO Pradan's engagement methodology. The foundation, in partnership with the NGO, has started self-help groups for tribal women in the past. Walker and his...

-Free Press Journal Seasonal agriculture is the mainstay of food as well as livelihood around here, so the local communities, predominantly Dalits and tribals rely heavily on their entitlements under the Public Distribution System (PDS), a government-sponsored food security net for the poor and marginalised populations, writes Dilnaz Boga. Pandarigota is a quaint village with a population of 305, tucked away in the dense forests of Korchi block in eastern Maharashtra's Gadchiroli...