Habitat rights to tribals
The Madhya Pradesh BJP government has granted ‘Habitat Right’ to 21 Baiga tribal settlements and 12 of the Bhariya tribes in the state, paving the way for the tribals to gain rights on their land and forest produce.
The Madhya Pradesh BJP government has granted ‘Habitat Right’ to 21 Baiga tribal settlements and 12 of the Bhariya tribes in the state, paving the way for the tribals to gain rights on their land and forest produce.
As part of this endeavour, the National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS) successfully organised a workshop on “Building Quality Infrastructure for Tribal Education” this week in New Delhi.
The inclusion of residential schools providing free education and hostel facilities has enhanced the quality of life for tribal students, preparing them to face the challenges of their careers effectively.
The prime minister also said the JMM and Congress have treated the tribals as vote banks only.
CMO in an official statement said that withdrawal of minor cases will reduce the burden on the Courts and the judicial system.
The issue of tribal development has taken a front seat in the current government's agenda. Besides triggering grassroots welfare, these decisions have helped highlight scores of tribal heroes like Birsa Munda, Tantya Mama, Rani Durgavati, Badal Bhol, Khajya Nayak, Shankar Shah, Raghunath Shah, Bhima Nayak, Ganjan Singh Korku, and many others.
However, the district police started taking strict action against the opium growers later, while the chiefs and members of every gram panchayat were issued strict warnings and asked to see that the cultivation was not done.
Every day Tripuris are fleeing as their lands are being encroached by the Muslim settlers and about 1,572 Bangladeshi Tripuris have settled in different places of Dhalai district, Arunjoy Chakma said.
State Congress general secretary Rajneesh Kimta said the women in tribal Spiti valley had blocked Markanda’s entry in the district amid COVID-19 pandemic and they demanded that the minister should be quarantined as per set guidelines.
Present in good numbers under the banner of National Adivasi-Indigenous Religion Coordination Committee, they said tribals have a separate identity, not associated with any religion, and therefore require a separate column in the census.
