Public Awareness & General Administration
Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) and Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs)
▪ The Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) and Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) for the 1st time categorized 268 tribes as denotified, semi-nomadic, and nomadic tribes
▪ 179 communities recommended for inclusion in SC, ST, and OBC lists
▪ 85 communities being recommended for the first time ever.
▪ 63 communities found to be “not traceable” anymore, assimilated into larger group
▪ Last Commission headed by Bhiku Ramji Idate listed over 1,200 denotified, semi-nomadic, and nomadic tribes, and 267 never classified communities.
▪ Successive commissions attempted for classification
✓ First Backward Classes Commission – 1953
✓ Lokur Committee – 1956
✓ Mandal Commission – 1979
✓ Renke Commission – 1979
✓ Idate Commission – 1985
