Shahapur Katkari Tribe

• The Katkari is a Scheduled Tribe mostly belonging to the state of Maharashtra.
• In the case of the Katkari, this vulnerability derives from their history as a nomadic, forest-dwelling people listed by the British Raj under the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871, a stigma that continues to this day.
• Adivasi Ekatmik Samajik Sanstha” of Shahapur in Thane is known to market Giloy and other products. Katkari youth Sunil Pawar along with a group of his friends started selling these products to local markets and then through the PMVDY (Pradhan Mantri Van Dhan Yojana) run by Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) got assistance and created a website and started selling the goods online and in larger markets.