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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | ‘Not enough for tribals’ by Basant Kumar Mohanty

‘Not enough for tribals’ by Basant Kumar Mohanty

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published Published on Aug 3, 2011   modified Modified on Aug 3, 2011

Tribal affairs minister K.C. Deo feels the draft land acquisition bill does not adequately protect the Scheduled Tribes’ rights in case they have to be displaced to a non-scheduled area.

Deo told The Telegraph he would write to rural development minister Jairam Ramesh about this.

“Tribal people enjoy constitutional protection in the scheduled areas. If they are displaced for a certain project and resettled outside the scheduled area, the question is whether they will continue to enjoy the same protection. This has to be addressed in the bill,” Deo said.

Under the Constitution, “scheduled areas” refer to areas with a preponderant tribal population. These areas are generally backward compared with neighbouring localities.

Several states with scheduled areas have regulations restricting land transfer from tribals to non-tribals.

Under the draft land acquisition bill, displaced tribal families are to be relocated to resettlement colonies and will receive one acre of land each.

“But if they are rehabilitated in non-scheduled areas, they should get the same protection that they enjoy in a scheduled area,” Deo said.

For instance, he said, under the tribal sub-plan, the Centre provides assistance to states for specific area development projects and schemes for small and economically marginalised groups.

“If tribal people are rehabilitated in other areas, they should continue to get the benefits they receive under the tribal sub-plan,” Deo said.

N.C. Saxena, member of the National Advisory Council and the bill drafting committee, said Deo’s points were valid.

“The bill has a lot of provisions for tribal people. For example, if a tribal family is resettled in a different state after land acquisition, it will continue to have reservation rights and other benefits,” he said.

“But the additional points raised by Deo (on land transfer and development and welfare schemes) are pertinent. I’m sure the rural development ministry will consider them.”

The draft bill says tribal families should be resettled preferably in the same scheduled area. But it also makes a few special provisions for those who may be resettled outside the scheduled area.

For instance, they will get 25 per cent higher monetary benefits than those resettled in the same district in case of land acquisition by industry or any other private body.

Also, resettlement colonies predominantly inhabited by the Scheduled Tribes are to get land free of cost for community gatherings.

The Telegraph, 3 August, 2011, http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110803/jsp/nation/story_14327436.jsp


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