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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Grave injustice being done to tribal communities: Brinda

Grave injustice being done to tribal communities: Brinda

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published Published on Dec 21, 2010   modified Modified on Dec 21, 2010

Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat on Tuesday called for a time-bound commission to look into the anomalies in scheduling tribal communities, and pointed out that there was a huge undercounting of their number.

“It is not just the question of numbers. Their right to a share of national resources is not recognised because of undercounting,” she said at a protest organised by the National Platform for Tribal Rights here.

All over the country grave injustice was being done to the tribal communities because of the vey complicated procedures in getting scheduled tribe certificates. There were major anomalies in recognising them as tribes. The Supreme Court had also done injustice to them by its ruling that they would lose their benefits guaranteed under the Constitution if they migrated to other areas, she said.

Rampant corruption and failure on the part of the government to provide decent livelihood forced the tribal community to migrate to other areas. “The policy of the government had betrayed its dual standards. Non Resident Indians are allowed to enjoy dual benefits, including dual citizenship. But the children of tribal people are being deprived of ST certificates,” she alleged.

Tribal sub-plan

Ms Karat said the government had also not fulfilled its commitment of allocating funds for tribal sub-plan. The allocation should be Rs 23,000 crore for 2010, but only Rs 11,000 crore was allotted.

In some States, some communities were recognised as scheduled tribes, but across the border they were not entitled to benefits. The Gonda community came under Other Backward Classes in Uttar Pradesh while they enjoyed the scheduled tribe status in Madhya Pradesh. Tamil Nadu, she said, was a terrible example. The Malayali tribe was a scheduled tribe in all districts, but not in Erode.

Community certificates

Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam president K. Balakrishnan said changes in the government did not end the problems of the tribal communities.

“They are not able to get benefits because the government is denying them community certificates.”

Tamil Nadu Tribal Association president Shanmugam said Tamil Nadu was the only State that had not implemented the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.


The Hindu, 22 December, 2010, http://www.hindu.com/2010/12/22/stories/2010122265761700.htm


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