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“The district councils are the custodians of our identity and culture but they do not provide much information or data on our tribal identity,” he said. He also informed that the Tribal Research Institute is funded by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India. The Chief Minister also urged the seminar to dwell upon the impact of technology and climate change on the tribal societies. “There may be an answer in the practices of our forefathers and ancestors to the effects of climate change on tribal societies. He highlighted the dynamism of the tribal societies in India in the pre colonial, post independence and modern India..