In Maharashtra, most DNTs don’t have houses or villages, no ID cards or birth or land certificates. Not even burial places.
Pune: De-notified and nomadic tribes (DNTs), many of whom still don’t have identity cards, are still unaware of CAA, NRC and NPR (Citizenship Amendment Act, National Register of Citizens and National Population Register). But activists and academicians from the tribes have begun an awareness drive asking them not to submit documents. They feel more than Muslims, DNTs will suffer the most if these acts are implemented.
Caste-based census of nomadic and de-notified tribes was last done during the British era in 1931. Hence, the exact population of DNTs is not known. It is estimated that DNTs would be 7% of the total population, according to a report submitted by the National Commission for De-notified, Nomadic and Seminomadic Tribes, headed by Balkrishna Renake in 2008. So, the total population of DNTs would be around 10-15 crore. There are over 150 De-notified Tribes and over 650 Nomadic Tribes in the country, as per the report.
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