• A group of tribes, which were initially during British time tagged the “criminal tribes” under the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871.
  • Features
    • The Criminal Tribes Act of 1871 was repealed in 1952, and the tribes under that act were denotified.
    • The tribes are mostly facing stigma and development challenges till now.
  • What government done till now?
    • The Renke Commission was formed to identify and list the denotified tribes in 2008.
    • The National Commission for Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes was formed in 2014 for three years for state-wise listing.

Source: The Hindu