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The Union government assured leaders of Denotified, Nomadic, and Semi-Nomadic Tribes (DNTs) that they will be enumerated in the second phase of the 2027 Census, but details of the process remain unclear.
Denotified, Nomadic, and Semi-Nomadic Tribes (DNTs)
Denotified, nomadic, and semi-nomadic tribes were once labeled “criminal” by colonial authorities under the Criminal Tribes Act (CTA) of 1871, which described certain communities as inherently predisposed to crime due to caste-based heredity.
This act allowed for registration, surveillance, and control of these so-called criminal tribes.
The CTA was repealed in 1952, officially denotifying these communities and creating the category of denotified, nomadic, and semi-nomadic tribes (DNTs).
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