Overview
- The state cabinet has approved a Denotified and Nomadic Communities Development Board and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said the process of constituting the body has moved forward.
- The government says the board will identify members of historically stigmatized groups so they can be enrolled in welfare programmes such as housing, health insurance, ration cards and pensions.
- Adityanath pledged that every denotified and nomadic community will have representation on the board so their voices reach government decision-makers.
- Officials have outlined plans and cited previous welfare links for communities but have not yet published the board’s final membership, exact powers, or a timetable for rollout.
- The move is framed as correcting the British-era Criminal Tribes Act legacy and follows a recent central commission on denotified and nomadic communities, reflecting the BJP’s stated push to widen inclusion.