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Religion
Southern Rajasthan Tribals Targeted by Conversion Groups Amid Poverty and Isolation
✍️ News18
🗓 25 Aug 2026, 02:48 AM
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A News18 investigation finds that poverty, low literacy and remote living conditions are making tribal populations in southern Rajasthan vulnerable to religious conversion networks.
Southern Rajasthan's tribal districts have come under scrutiny as religious conversion organisations intensify outreach efforts, according to a recent News18 feature.
The report links the heightened activity to three inter‑related vulnerabilities – chronic poverty, limited access to formal education and geographic isolation that restricts exposure to mainstream society.
Conversion networks are reported to use material assistance, informal schooling and health‑related aid as entry points, offering services that are otherwise scarce in these remote hamlets.
Local administrators and civil‑society groups have called for greater awareness, stronger monitoring of outreach activities and community‑based programmes to safeguard the cultural autonomy of the tribal peoples.
The report links the heightened activity to three inter‑related vulnerabilities – chronic poverty, limited access to formal education and geographic isolation that restricts exposure to mainstream society.
Conversion networks are reported to use material assistance, informal schooling and health‑related aid as entry points, offering services that are otherwise scarce in these remote hamlets.
Local administrators and civil‑society groups have called for greater awareness, stronger monitoring of outreach activities and community‑based programmes to safeguard the cultural autonomy of the tribal peoples.