Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has constituted a Board namely Development and Welfare Board for De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities (DWBDNCs) on 21.02.2019 for development and welfare of De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities. The Board has formulated a Scheme for Economic Empowerment for DNTs (SEED). The Ministry is also implementing schemes for pre and post matric scholarships to DNT students.

The SEED scheme has one of the objective to facilitate livelihood initiatives in community level to build up and strengthen small clusters of DNT/NT/SNT Communities institutions.

This information was given by Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri.Virendra Kumar in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

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