New Delhi, Indigenous communities of India find themselves on a par with the bottom 25 countries in the poverty index, according to a UN study. The first UN State of the World's Indigenous Peoples Report (2010) found that Indian tribals are facing high levels of poverty, illiteracy, poor health and human rights abuse and their condition is lower than those of Scheduled Castes. The report, which was released globally on Thursday, said, "On UNDP's Human Poverty Index ranking of countries, indigenous communities in India...
