Establishment

The foundation stone of State Tribal Research cum Cultural Centre and Museum T.R.I., Dehradun, Uttarakhand was laid in the year 2019 and was inaugurated on August 21, 2019 in the presence of Hon’ble Minister, Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India Shri Arjun Munda and Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Uttarakhand.

Tribal Sub Plan (TSP)

In order to accelerate the socio-economic development of the tribal communities in India, the government adopted the policy of Tribal Sub-plan (TSP). It forms a part of the annual plan of a State / Union Territory. These benefits provided to the tribal community or tribal dominated areas of the state are in addition to the overall plan of the State / Union territory. The allocated funds are in proportion to the Scheduled Tribe population in the state.

Under this provision, all development departments of the state have to quantify and allocate an amount of their state budget towards the implementation of development schemes for the Welfare of Scheduled Tribes in Uttarakhand.

Museum

The State Tribal Museum is located on the premises of the State Tribal Research cum Cultural Centre and Museum T.R.I., Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The museum was inaugurated in the esteemed presence of Hon’ble Minister, Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India Shri Arjun Munda.

The museum depicts and illustrates the lifestyle, culture and habitat of the fives tribes of Uttarakhand viz. Tharu, Raji, Jaunsari, Buksa amd Bhotia.

The lively dioramas of every tribe demonstrate to the visitors their socio-economic lifestyle, their habitat and costumes of the tribal communities of Uttarakhand.  Apart from the dioramas, a collection of traditional ornaments, musical instruments as well as household utensils are exhibited in the museum.

Interactive kiosks in the museum highlight and take the visitors in the life of tribal communities through videos and explore the serene beautiful tribal areas. 

Hostel

Tribal Research Institute Uttarakhand has a full furnished hostel facility for the stay of trainees during the training programmes. The hostel facility includes air-conditioned rooms for trainees, dormitory, entertainment room, dining hall and Wi-Fi connectivity.

Library

The Library at TRI Uttarakhand houses hundreds of books in digital and print format for the various aspects of tribal culture, traditions, customs, development, statistics, also having good collection of Government Gazetteers, Reports, Census of States of India, Supreme Court cases, Bombay Law reporter etc.
The Library purchases various subjects’ books and Periodicals every year e.g. Anthropology, Sociology, Tribal Education, Tribal Culture, Tribal Development, Law, Economics, Education, General Knowledge (for competitive exam preparation), Government Publications, Encyclopaedia on various subjects, Reference Books on Tribal and other dept., Fiction, Nonfiction and motivational books.

Classroom

Classrooms have been built inside the TRI building to conduct training programmes regularly. The classrooms have been equipped with state –of – art smart classroom facilities in a peaceful learning environment.

Scheduled Tribes And Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition Of Forest Rights) Act, 2006

The Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 recognizes the rights of the forest dwelling tribal communities and other traditional forest dwellers to forest resources, on which these communities were dependent for a variety of needs, including livelihood, habitation and other socio-cultural needs. The forest management policies, including the Acts, Rules and Forest Policies of Participatory Forest Management policies in both colonial and post-colonial India, did not, till the enactment of this Act, recognize the symbiotic relationship of the STs with the forests, reflected in their dependence on the forest as well as in their traditional wisdom regarding conservation of the forests.

The Act encompasses Rights of Self-cultivation and Habitation which are usually regarded as Individual rights; and Community Rights as Grazing, Fishing and access to Water bodies in forests, Habitat Rights for PVTGs, Traditional Seasonal Resource access of Nomadic and Pastoral community, access to biodiversity, community right to intellectual property and traditional knowledge, recognition of traditional customary rights and right to protect, regenerate or conserve or manage any community forest resource for sustainable use. It also provides rights to allocation of forest land for developmental purposes to fulfil basic infrastructural needs of the community. In conjunction with the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Settlement Act, 2013 FRA protects the tribal population from eviction without rehabilitation and settlement.

The Act further enjoins upon the Gram Sabha and rights holders the responsibility of conservation and protection of bio-diversity, wildlife, forests, adjoining catchment areas, water sources and other ecologically sensitive areas as well as to stop any destructive practices affecting these resources or cultural and natural heritage of the tribals. The Gram Sabha is also a highly empowered body under the Act, enabling the tribal population to have a decisive say in the determination of local policies and schemes impacting them.

Thus, the Act empowers the forest dwellers to access and use the forest resources in the manner that they were traditionally accustomed, to protect, conserve and manage forests, protect forest dwellers from unlawful evictions and also provides for basic development facilities for the community of forest dwellers to access facilities of education, health, nutrition, infrastructure etc.

Objective

• To undo the historical injustice occurred to the forest dwelling communities
• To ensure land tenure, livelihood and food security of the forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers
• To strengthen the conservation regime of the forests by including the responsibilities and authority on Forest Rights holders for sustainable use, conservation of biodiversity and maintenance of ecological balance.

Website: http://forestrights.nic.in/

Bringing Information to the Citizens

Right to Information Act 2005 mandates timely response to citizen requests for government information. It is an initiative taken by the Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions to provide a– RTI Portal Gateway to the citizens for quick search of information on the details of first Appellate Authorities, PIOs etc. amongst others, besides access to RTI related information / disclosures published on the web by various Public Authorities under the government of India as well as the State Governments.

The objective of the Right to Information Act

The basic object of the Right to Information Act is to empower the citizens, promote transparency and accountability in the working of the Government, contain corruption, and make our democracy work for the people in real sense. It goes without saying that an informed citizen is better equipped to keep necessary vigil on the instruments of governance and make the government more accountable to the governed. The Act is a big step towards making the citizens informed about the activities of the Government.