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Non-existent study: In an answers to Rajya Sabha, Renuka Singh Saruta, Minister of State for Tribal Affairs, attributed data to a study that might not exist. In parliament, she said that less than 3 per cent of people in tribal areas had tested positive for Covid-19. She referred to a study by IIT Delhi which arrived at the figure of Covid-19 burden in 177 tribal-dominated districts across the country. An RTI filed with IIT Delhi, however, showed that no such study existed. The RTI applicant had asked for the study as well as the methodology used for the same. Further,