26-Jul-2022: Housing for Nomadic Tribes

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Development and Welfare Board for De-notified, Nomadic and Semi- Nomadic Communities has launched the Scheme for Economic Empowerment of DNTs which inter-alia includes housing for Nomadic Communities. The scheme will be implemented throughout the country including West Bengal.

One of the objective of the Scheme for Economic Empowerment of DNTs (SEED) is to take initiatives to save their traditional art and facilitate their marketing initiatives for Skill Development, encouragement to community clusters, Self Help Groups (SHGs), Community Based Organisations (CBOs) etc. in order to boost livelihood opportunities to Nomadic Communities.

29-Mar-2022: Housing to Nomadic Tribes

The Ministry has launched a new Scheme namely the Scheme for Economic Empowerment of DNTs (SEED). One of the component of the scheme provides for financial support for construction of houses to members of the DNT/NT/SNT (De-notified/Nomadic/Semi-Nomadic) communities. The admissible support is Rs.1.20 lakhs in plains and 1.30 lakhs in hilly areas (per unit assistance).

One of the component of this SEED scheme is to provide financial assistance to facilitate livelihood initiatives at community level to build up and strengthen small clusters of DNT/NT/SNT community institutions.