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Minister promised them to look into the demands and urged them to maintain peace. He alsoadded that no non-tribal would be identified as tribal in the district. But the tribal leadersdemanded the resignation of State Minister Padmanabh Behera, action against an NGO ofBhubaneswar, and action against MP R.K. Nayak. Recently, there was tension following apetition filed by an NGO of Bhubaneswar Phulbani Kui Jankalyan Sangh in the Orissa High Courtwith a plea to identify Pana dalits of Kandhanmal district as Kui tribals in the official records asthey speak Kui and perform some tribal rituals. The Kandhamal district Kui Samaj CoordinationCommittee alleged that Mr. Behera and Mr. Nayak were behind the attempt. Lambodar Kanhar,secretary of the committee, said that the attempt of vested interests would have led to violentclashes between the two communities in Kandhamal district like what happened in 1994. “So, wewant strict action against these persons,” he said. Recently, State Revenue Secretary G.V.Sharma and State Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Development Commissioner TaraDutt visited the district to bring the situation under control. They said that the there was no effortby any agency to declare Pana dalits of the district as tribals. (The Hindu 15/10/07)Tribal farmers in Andhra to get forest land (6)Hyderabad : Scheduled tribe farmers in Andhra Pradesh would be given about one millionhectares of forestland under a special law, State Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddyannounced today. The land will be distributed to the Schedule Tribe farmers under the ScheduledTribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Reorganisation of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.Reviewing the tribal welfare measures being taken up in the State with Special Secretary here,Reddy said the rules for this purpose are being formulated and forestland would be brought undercultivation in a phased manner as this process of conversion of land to cultivable takes time. Alarge number of tribal families were dependent on agriculture and land-based activities, he said,adding his Government had initiated various programmes for development of Schedule Tribefarmers like distribution of land. Of the total tribal population in Andhra Pradesh, 43.21 percentare cultivators, 43.72 per cent agricultural labourers and the remaining 13.07 per cent in differentoccupations. In the last three years, 30,262 acres of government land had been assigned to16,127 Schedule Tribe farmers in the state, Chief Minister said. The CM also said that hisGovernment was also committed to improving the lot of Schedule Castes, Backward Castes andother weaker sections by way of land distribution and development schemes so that they come atpar with the society. (Pioneer 15/10/07)Over 2.79 lakh tribal girls benefit from Govt scheme (6)Bhopal : More than 2.79 lakh tribal girls have benefited from the literacy scheme launched forpromoting education among tribal students. The State Government has spent nearly Rs 20.25crore for implementing the scheme. In accordance with the scheme, 2,10,633 girls of Class VIand 68,666 girls of Class IX and XI have been benefited. Besides, scholarship of Rs 500 to ClassVI girls , Rs 1,000 to Class IX girls, Rs 2,000 to Class XI girls are given under this scheme.During the last few years a lot girls were given scholarship under this scheme. As in the year2003-04, 45,000 girls of Class VIII were given scholarship of Rs 1 crore 95 lakh and 8 thousand.In the year 2004-05, 50,546 girls were provided with scholarship of Rs 2 crore 47 lakh and 93thousand. (Pioneer 17/10/07)Delay in notifying Forest Act annoying people: Raja (6)New Delhi : Urging the Centre to immediately notify the Forest Act, CPI leader D Raja onWednesday alleged it was being held up by some 'vested' interests for the last 10 months sinceits rules were drafted. "The continued failure of the Government to notify the Scheduled Tribesand Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 is a betrayal of thepeople," Raja, national Secretary of CPI said in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.Alleging that 'vested' interests have been trying to undermine the Act to the extent thatamendments were later made to weaken it, the Left leader said, "the delay in notifying it wascausing unrest among people facing repression and brutal violence in various parts of thecountry". (Pioneer 18/10/07)Cong poll plank hit as Law Ministry delays Tribal Act (6)
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 18: The Union Law Ministry has put a dampener on the Congressparty’s plan to cash in on the Tribal Act that recognised Adivasis’ rights over forest land in theforthcoming Assembly elections in Gujarat. Official sources said though the draft rules toimplement the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of ForestRights) Act, 2006, had been sent to the Law Ministry over two weeks back, those concernedcontinued to sit over it despite repeated reminders from the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. Tribal AffairsMinister P R Kyndiah was learnt to have telephoned Law Minister HR Bhardwaj to expedite theprocess given the “political sensitivity” of the issue. The Law Ministry, however, expressedhelplessness as it was tied up with too many urgent matters, said sources. According to sources,the Law Ministry was likely to clear the rules early next week, but the final notification would takeat least ten days because it would have to be translated into Hindi. The notification would notviolate the model code of conduct in the state as the Act was for the entire country, arguedofficials. Meanwhile, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi tried to be one up on the Congress,giving pattas to 30 tribals on Gandhi Jayanti day. He promised to dispatch the documents to theremaining encroachers soon. The Supreme Court subsequently directed the State Government tocancel the pattas because they were illegal in the absence of the notification of the Act by theCentre. But, with his “brazen act” Modi had managed to snatch the initiative from the Congress,conceded Congressmen adding that the Centre’s delay in notifying the rules and the Act couldcreate confusion among illiterate tribals about the authorship of the Act that gave them ownershiprights over forestland. “By the time the Centre notifies the Act, we will not have enough time totranslate it into votes,” said a senior Congress leader from Gujarat. After the Act was passed inParliament last December, Congress leaders like Sabarkantha MP Madhusudan Mistry hadstarted distributing application forms among tribals in Gujarat to claim their right on forest land.The filled forms were obtained with the promise that once the Act was notified, tribals would getownership rights. The undue delay, which was exploited by Modi, has taken the sting out of theCongress campaign. Scheduled Tribes play a decisive role in electing one-fourth of the 182-member state Assembly. Of the total, 26 seats are reserved for STs. Tribals and OBCs togetherdominate 21 other seats, said a Congress source. Of the 25 revenue districts, 11 are dominatedby tribals. (<strong>Indian</strong> Express 19/10/07)Orchids a major source of income for tribals during Dussehra (6)Bhubaneswar : The Koraput valley, known for its dense forests and is also a haven to a numberof orchids are a major source of income for the tribals during the Dussehra celebrations. Thetribals venture into the forests during the wee hours in the morning to pluck the flowers in order todeck their goddesses in garlands made of them. The flowers, which are locally called Kunda,Bati, Manda, Maricha Mandar are used to prepare these beautiful garlands. The flowers areweaved onto creepers with a few leaves in order to make the garland more decorative. On beingasked the reason behind their interest in selling flowers, pat comes the reply, Jatara dekha andphool bika, which means "We want to see the festival, the goddess and serve her with flowerswhile earning some money to spend during the fest." Selling flowers and making garlands is a jobdone exclusively by the women-folk of the community. Hundreds of women with head-loads offlower trek miles to reach the palace town of Jeypore for selling them. The competition may beneck-to-neck, but they say it is the pleasure that drives them to the palace gate. The tribalcommunities from Bhumia, Paraja, Mali and Gouda are seen mostly on the jobs; selling theseflowers to a variety of customers ranging from devotees to shopkeepers, vehicle owners tocommercial complexes who decorate their premises during Dussehra. (Pioneer 23/10/07)Tribal Act rules to be notified next week (6)New Delhi, October 25: The UPA Government is set to notify rules to implement the ScheduledTribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 early nextweek. The Law Ministry, which had sent the draft rules to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs early thisweek, is learnt to have got a green signal from the latter. “We are in the process of translating therules in Hindi now. They are likely to be completed early next week,” said ministry sources. Thenotification was earlier being delayed under pressure from the wildlife lobby supported by asection of the Congress, who argued that giving pattas to tribals and other occupants of theforests before relocating them would have serious implication for national parks and sanctuaries.
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