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Ministry of Tribal Affairs to Organise National Workshop on Strengthening Tribal Research Institutes

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The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is organising a National Workshop on Strengthening Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, bringing together TRIs from across India to deliberate on research priorities, institutional capacity, and policy linkages for tribal welfare. TRIs are state-level statutory and non-statutory bodies mandated to conduct socio-economic, cultural, and anthropological research on Scheduled Tribe communities, feeding into policy formulation for schemes like PM-JANMAN and the Forest Rights Act implementation. India has approximately 30 TRIs spread across tribal-majority and tribal-significant states, yet their research output and policy influence remain uneven and under-resourced. Odisha, home to 62 Scheduled Tribe communities including 13 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs), is a fitting host given its pioneering role in tribal documentation and welfare. For UPSC aspirants, this event sits at the intersection of constitutional provisions for tribal welfare (Fifth and Sixth Schedules), institutional governance, and the broader social justice discourse that dominates GS2 and Essay papers.

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Q1. Which of the following statements correctly describes Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) in India?

ATRIs are state-established bodies — either statutory or registered societies — mandated to conduct research on Scheduled Tribe communities; they are not constitutional bodies.
BTRIs are constitutional bodies established under Article 338A of the Constitution to conduct socio-economic and anthropological research on Scheduled Tribe communities.
CTRIs are central government bodies set up under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and are governed by a dedicated parliamentary statute.
DTRIs are autonomous bodies under the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, funded exclusively through the Tribal Sub-Plan framework.
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SOCIETY & SOCIAL ISSUESApplicationMedium

Q2. A policy analyst studying India's tribal welfare architecture notes that a major flagship scheme worth over ₹24,000 crore targets 75 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) across 220 districts, but implementation is hampered by the absence of granular, community-level data. Which of the following institutional arrangements would most directly address this data gap within the existing constitutional and administrative framework?

AMandating the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation (TRIFED) to collect and publish district-level PVTG data as part of its market linkage mandate.
BDirecting state-level Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) to generate community-specific research feeding directly into scheme implementation plans under PM-JANMAN.
CEmpowering the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) under Article 338A to conduct primary field research on PVTG demographics across all 220 target districts.
DEstablishing new district-level data collection units under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, bypassing existing tribal research bodies.
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SOCIETY & SOCIAL ISSUESAnalysisHard

Q3. Consider the following statements regarding India's constitutional and institutional framework for tribal governance: 1. The Sixth Schedule of the Constitution provides for Autonomous District Councils in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram, while the Fifth Schedule covers tribal areas in ten states including Odisha and Telangana. 2. The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) was established by the 89th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003, inserting Article 338A into the Constitution. 3. Odisha has the highest number of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) among all Indian states, with 13 identified PVTGs. 4. Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) are constitutional bodies funded exclusively by state governments, with no role for the Ministry of Tribal Affairs in their financing. How many of the above statements are correct?

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BOnly two
COnly three
DAll four
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