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"appropriate action" to prevent extreme cases of social boycott and forced migration of Dalits and tribals. The representation followed a public hearing of Dalits and tribals here on Tuesday, where a five-person non-governmental organization (NGO) jury, which included senior human rights activists Martin Macwan and Gagan Sethi, heard tens of such boycott and migration cases. Made by a team under Manjula Pradeep, who heads state-based NGO Navsarjan Trust, the representation to SHRC said, "The jury particularly stressed on quick action on six incidents of social boycott (four of Dalits and two of tribals), 11 incidents of forced migration and one incident of social boycott and forced migration of Dalits in Gujarat." The hearing was organized by Navsarjan Trust and Gujarat Human Rights Committee. Dalits and tribals from the seven districts - Ahmedabad, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Mehsana, Banaskantha, Patan and Vadodara -- came to Gandhinagar to relate how the dominant castes' pressure on the complainants to settle down cases of atrocities has resulted in their forced migration. A list of cases of social boycott and forced migration submitted to SHRC chairman J N Bhatt along with the representation enumerates social boycott and forced migration in 78 villages of Gujarat and their presentation said some of the issues -such as those of Pati and Lundhara villages of Bhavnagar district - are as old as 1992 and 1994 and they remain alive even today. While resistance to untouchability practice was the main reason for social boycott and forced migration, other related issues, included Dalits not being allowed to enter temples (Bhadreshi in Rajkot district, Rampar in Surendranagar district and Vanthal and Kundal in Ahmedabad district), dispute during elections, land-related issues, forced dragging of dead animals, rape of Dalit women, minimum wages, refusal to excess to drinking water and so on. During the hearing, Harishbhai Ratnottar said how in Vanthal village of Ahmedabad district in May 2009 the Dalits were made to participate in building a new Ram temple, but were refused entry when they wanted to pray. "A tussle ensued, and a social boycott, such as ban on shopkeepers to sell goods and employment of Dalits on wage labour, was imposed," he added. (Times of India 26/1/12) Odisha reports to Centre on Bondas (6) BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government recently submitted an interim report to Centre about its preliminary inquiry into the alleged vulgar projection of primitive Bonda tribe by some tour operators. The Union ministry of tribal affairs had sought a report from the Odisha government following media reports that some tour operators put up titillating reports about Bonda tribals on their websites to woo foreign tourists. "We have informed the Centre about steps being taken to prevent such practice. We are discouraging tour operators from painting tribals in poor light. A final report about the inquiry would be presented soon," said an officer of SC & ST development department. Recently, the Bhubaneswar police had booked two tour operators on charges of selling tribal packages in an obscene manner. (Times o India 1/2/12) Probe report on Bondas ready (6) BHUBANESWAR: Senior bureaucrat Usha Padhee on Wednesday submitted a report to the state government after visiting the Bonda area in Malkangiri district. She was asked to collect information from ground zero following media reports that some tour operators uploaded objectionable information about Bonda tribals on their websites to lure foreign tourists. Padhee, who was former district collector of Koraput, a neighbouring district of Malkangiri, submitted her reports to the chief minister and chief secretary, sources said. Finding of the report was not known as she was immediately not available. Padhee submitted the report a day after the state Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe development department apprised the Centre of its preliminary inquiry into the alleged titillating projection of primitive Bonda tribe by some tour operators. "In our interim report, we told the Union ministry of tribal affairs about the steps being taken to prevent such practice. A blue print would be created in consultation with the tour operator and tourism department," SC and ST development secretary Santosh Sarangi said. Tourism department director H S Upadhyay said the department would scan the brochures and writings prepared
y tour operators on different tribes in Odisha. Notably, the Bhubaneswar police recently booked two tour operators on charges of selling tribal packages in an obscene manner. Sources said Padhee, who is director of Trupti (targeted rural initiatives for poverty termination and infrastructure) Project under the panchayati raj department, in her 12-page report highlighted the long-term and short-term suggestions to maintain the dignity and cultural ethos of the Bonda tribe in the region. (Times of India 2/2/12) One held for raping tribal woman (6) KEONJHAR: A 50-year-old man was arrested by Keonjhar police on Wednesday for allegedly raping a 25-year-old pregnant tribal woman. The man was identified as Maharag Giri of village Kasipal in Jhumpura police station area. The woman is eight months pregnant. "The incident took place on January 21, but FIR was lodged on Tuesday. After medical examination, the accused was sent to court," said IIC (Jhumpura) Tilottama Mohanata. According to the complaint, the accused went to the house of the victim in Talahundula village on January 21 with some cakes, when her husband had gone outside. He identified himself as a friend of her husband, and raped her. After the incident, the husband of the victim allegedly drove her out of the house. The illiterate woman lodged a complaint with Jhumpura police on Tuseday, on the advice of village elderlies. (Times of India 2/2/12) Jarawas need to be immunised: Tribal Affairs Minister (6) New Delhi: The government has stressed on the need to immunise members of the Jarawa tribe of Andaman and Nicobar Islands against diseases and genetic disorders to ensure that their numbers do not dwindle further. The 2001 Census put the Jarawas count at 241. The tribe first came in contact with the civilisation in late 1997 when some Jarawas started coming out of their forest to visit nearby settlements. But soon there was an outbreak of measles epidemic though the number of casualties was not known. Recently the tribe was in news after it was reported that some of its members were made to dance in front of foreign tourists in return of food. "Jarawas need to be immunised and probably medical experts and anthropologists will have to study and tell us how they existed all these years and what needs to be done now," Tribal Affairs Minister V Kishore Chandra Deo told PTI. On whether the government is planning to form a team of experts to conduct studies on the Jarawas, he said, "Lot of people have already gone into these areas and lot of studies have been done and papers written. "Now it is a question of contacting them (the experts) and having some intellectual discourse with them before we come to some kind of decision." He said that utmost importance should be given to increase their immunity, adding, "Probably nutrition is another thing which can do this and their existence. "Their health and food needs have to be looked into and it can be done there itself. They are very few in numbers and it is important to see that they don't dwindle further, that their population itself is not at stake," Deo said. (DNA 5/2/12) Parishad plans fresh protest (6) Siliguri/Jaigaon, Feb. 5: The Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad will launch a cycle rally along with some other organisations and political parties to oppose any move to include the Dooars and the Terai in the new administrative set-up for the Darjeeling hills. The rally would start from Sankosh on February 13 and end at Nagrakata on the 19th. The protest has been planned under the aegis of the Dooars Terai United Movement Committee that was revived at a meeting in Nagrakata today. Apart from the Parishad, the other members of the committee are the Kamtapur Progressive Party, CPI-ML (New Democracy), Jana Jagaran, Bangla O Bangla Bhasha Banchao Committee, Senior Citizens’ Committee and the Dooars Millat-e-Islamia. It was formed on August 20 to protest the demand to bring the Gorkha-populated areas in the plains under the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration. “At least 100 cyclists will set out from Sankosh (along the Bengal-Assam border) and reach Shamuktala on February 13. They will traverse Alipurduar, Gayerkata, Jalpaiguri, Fulbari, Bidhannagar, Batasi, Naxalbari, Bagdogra, Matigara, Gulma, Siliguri, Sevoke, Odlabari, Malbazar and Chulsa before reaching Nagrakata on the seventh day,” said a
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Raisina Hill, former Lok Sabha Spea
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Munda, Santhali, Kissan, Oraon, Kuv
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government has further decided to e
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certificate verification will be ma
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Devendranagar: As part of its effor
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wood theft and other minor criminal
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waterfall to make it suitable for c
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failure of the government to submit
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Govt asks India Inc to adopt Dalit
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evaluate the progress that has take
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stalling of the construction work.
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GUMLA: Setting up a central univers
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has been planned to take the member
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settled as provided in the act by N
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have not received their salary sinc
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out of bauxite ore. NSS activists d
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meeting of the recently formed Nilg
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