{"id":366993,"date":"2026-07-08T17:27:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T11:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=366993"},"modified":"2026-07-08T17:27:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T11:57:29","slug":"scheme-for-economic-empowerment-of-dnts-seed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/scheme-for-economic-empowerment-of-dnts-seed\/","title":{"rendered":"Scheme for Economic Empowerment of DNTs (SEED)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>\u00a0The Ministry of Social Justice &amp; Empowerment highlighted the SEED Scheme after covering over 1.10 lakh beneficiaries during 2025-26.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Scheme for Economic Empowerment of DNTs (SEED)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_367001\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-367001\" style=\"width: 363px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-367001\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-PIB-2.jpg?resize=363%2C406&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Scheme for Economic Empowerment of DNTs (SEED)\" width=\"363\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-PIB-2.jpg?resize=268%2C300&amp;ssl=1 268w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-PIB-2.jpg?w=626&amp;ssl=1 626w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-367001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Launched in: <\/strong>The<strong> Scheme for Economic Empowerment of DNTs (SEED)<\/strong>\u00a0was launched in <strong>February 2022<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Implemented by:<\/strong> It is implemented by the <strong>Ministry of Social Justice &amp; Empowerment<\/strong> through the <strong>Development and Welfare Board for De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities (DWBDNC).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Partner Agencies:<\/strong> <strong>National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation<\/strong> (NBCFDC), <strong>National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation<\/strong> (NSFDC), and Non-Government Organizations are the partner agencies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim:<\/strong>\u00a0It <strong>aims<\/strong> to provide <strong>educational support, health insurance, livelihood opportunities and housing<\/strong> assistance for DNT, NT and SNT communities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Core Pillars:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Educational Empowerment:<\/strong> It provides <strong>free coaching and financial assistance<\/strong> to support admission and employment opportunities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Health:<\/strong>\u00a0It <strong>distributes Ayushman Cards<\/strong> and provides <strong>health insurance through PMJAY.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Livelihood:<\/strong>\u00a0It promotes <strong>income generation by forming Self Help Groups in DNT clusters.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Land and Housing:<\/strong>\u00a0It <strong>facilitates housing support<\/strong> under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and other government schemes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About De-Notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Historical Background:<\/strong>\u00a0During the British rule, many communities were notified as &#8220;<strong>born criminals<\/strong>&#8221; under the <strong>Criminal Tribes Act, 1871<\/strong>, and all <strong>members had to register with local magistrates.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>After Independence, <strong>this Act was repealed in 1952,<\/strong> and these communities became <strong>known as De-Notified Tribes (DNTs).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Socio-economic Status:<\/strong> <strong>Nomadic and semi-nomadic communities<\/strong> are those who <strong>move from one place to another<\/strong> instead of living permanently in one place.\n<ul>\n<li>Historically, these <strong>communities had no access to private land or home ownership.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Status in India:<\/strong> Around <strong>10% of India&#8217;s population belongs to DNT communities.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>As per the report of the <strong>National Commission for De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes, 1,235 communities<\/strong> have been <strong>identified as DNTs across the country.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Institutional Support:<\/strong> The <strong>National Commission for De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes (Idate Commission<\/strong>) recommended measures for the development of these communities.\n<ul>\n<li>Based on its recommendations, the <strong>Government constituted the Development and Welfare Board for De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities (DWBDNC) in 2019 <\/strong>to formulate and implement welfare and development programmes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:\u00a0The Ministry of Social Justice &amp; Empowerment highlighted the SEED Scheme after covering over 1.10 lakh beneficiaries during 2025-26. About Scheme for Economic Empowerment of DNTs (SEED) Launched in: The Scheme for Economic Empowerment of DNTs (SEED)\u00a0was launched in February 2022. Implemented by: It is implemented by the Ministry of Social Justice &amp; Empowerment through&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/scheme-for-economic-empowerment-of-dnts-seed\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Scheme for Economic Empowerment of DNTs (SEED)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,956,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-366993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-schemes-and-programs","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}