DEVELOPMENT AND WELFARE BOARD FOR DE-NOTIFIED, NOMADIC AND SEMI NOMADIC COMMUNITIES (DWBDNC),

• DWBDNC is a body under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (MoSJE), constituted in 2019, to plan and oversee welfare programmes for De-notified (DNT), Nomadic (NT) and Semi-Nomadic (SNT) communities.
• Operationalises the flagship SEED scheme (Scheme for Economic Empowerment of DNTs), launched 16 Feb 2022 with a ₹200 crore corpus over 5 years from 2021-22.
• UPSC relevance: intersects vulnerable groups (GS-I/II), welfare administration, and the historical legacy of the Criminal Tribes Act, 1871.