INTERVIEW | Opinions and Aspirations of Local Tribal Communities Must be Respected: T.S. Singh Deo
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INTERVIEW | Opinions and Aspirations of Local Tribal Communities Must be Respected: T.S. Singh Deo

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 26, 2024 20:03 IST - 8 MINS READ Senior Congress leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, T.S. In the past, Singh Deo has consistently stood up for the rights of rural communities, even challenging his own party’s government, led by Bhupesh Baghel, whenever necessary. He accused the previous Bhupesh Baghel government of neglecting tribal people’s interests, citing its failure to enforce the Panchayats Act, 1996, a landmark legislation intended to uphold local self-governance through traditional gram sabhas in India’s scheduled areas. There is a growing concern that tribal rights are being violated for an economic development model that doesn’t align with the special needs of local communities. The rights and aspirations of local communities should always be the government’s top priority, and their consent is essential before initiating any development activities.

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Telangana: Adivasis Protest for Action on Pending Tribal Welfare Issues
2 months ago

Telangana: Adivasis Protest for Action on Pending Tribal Welfare Issues

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:Adivasis held a dharna seeking ROFR documents and sought a road map for the same as promised by the government. Addressing the dharna near Indira Park here, Telangana Tribal Sangham state president Midiam Babu Rao, former Bhadrachalam MP, said, “Gutti koya tribals in Mulugu and Bhadradri Kothagudem districts are not getting caste certificates and are thus not able to avail …

CM directs officials to lift cases registered against tribal youth for participating in agitations at the earliest
2 months, 2 weeks ago

CM directs officials to lift cases registered against tribal youth for participating in agitations at the earliest

The Hindu  

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has showered a slew of sops on adivasis and directed officials to lift cases registered against tribal youth who participated in agitations in support of their demands. Asserting that the Government had initiated several steps for their educational, employment and financial empowerment, the Chief Minister sanctioned an exclusive study circle for tribals along with provision …

Jharkhand Assembly elections | Culture, land and identity: How JMM secured Jharkhand’s tribal vote
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Jharkhand Assembly elections | Culture, land and identity: How JMM secured Jharkhand’s tribal vote

The Hindu  

Many factors contributed to the decent performance of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and its INDIA bloc allies in Jharkhand. Buoyed by a campaign that championed Jharkhandi identity and Adivasi culture, the JMM reaffirmed its long-standing role as a guardian of Adivasi justice, culture, and land rights. Jharkhand Assembly elections 2024: Full coverage In stark contrast, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s campaign …

Contributions of tribals to freedom movement ignored, says PM targeting past govts
4 months, 1 week ago

Contributions of tribals to freedom movement ignored, says PM targeting past govts

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that it was the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance which tried to give people from the tribal communities their dues of which they were deprived of in previous governments. PM Modi was addressing a gathering in the Jamui district of Bihar bordering Jharkhand on the 150th birth anniversary of legendary freedom fighter …

The original people
4 months, 1 week ago

The original people

Times of India  

The indigenous, often courted for votes in India, want both inclusion & autonomy Jharkhand, where the first-phase polling happens today, has seen fierce competition for tribal votes. Parties have variously invoked tribal rights to jal, jangal and zameen, a distinct religious and cultural identity under the Sarna code, or their fear of being engulfed by ‘outsiders’. In India, indigenous people …

World Adivasi Day: Chandrababu Naidu promises steps to ensure ‘zero poverty’ among tribals in Andhra Pradesh
7 months, 2 weeks ago

World Adivasi Day: Chandrababu Naidu promises steps to ensure ‘zero poverty’ among tribals in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has asserted that his government will take steps for comprehensive development of tribal people in the State in the next five years. “The State government will focus on the tribal welfare schemes and programmes, which were either discontinued, or watered down during the YSR Congress Party term,” Mr. Naidu said while participating in …

Tribals should unite in struggle for rights: Jharkhand CM Soren
1 year, 7 months ago

Tribals should unite in struggle for rights: Jharkhand CM Soren

Hindustan Times  

Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren urged the nationwide tribal community on Wednesday to unite and support each other in asserting their rights against a “feudal establishment that seeks to exploit the resources safeguarded for generations by indigenous people”. Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren urged the tribal community on Wednesday to unite and support each other in asserting their rights Speaking at …

Tribal communities identify 5 goals as imperative for their welfare
2 years, 2 months ago

Tribal communities identify 5 goals as imperative for their welfare

The Hindu  

The tribal communities in Mysuru district have identified 5 goals as ‘’imperative’’ for their collective welfare and have sounded the government about it. The tribal community leaders from Budakkatu Krishikara Sangha, Adivasi Mahila Sangha, and Development through Education of Hunsur said they have submitted what they envisage to be their priority goals and want the government to prepare an action …

Gujarat Assembly elections | ‘Adivasi’ or ‘Vanvasi’? Row over title puts tribes in political spotlight
2 years, 3 months ago

Gujarat Assembly elections | ‘Adivasi’ or ‘Vanvasi’? Row over title puts tribes in political spotlight

The Hindu  

Words are politically weighted, and an example of that is playing out between the BJP and the Congress’ war over just how to refer to India’s tribal communities, as “Adivasi” according to the Congress or “Vanvasi” as per the Sangh Parivar. Mr. Gandhi also said that the Sangh Parivar’s terming of tribal communities as “Vanvasis” was to confine the identity …

Study looks into status of tribal communities at an all-India level and in central India
2 years, 3 months ago

Study looks into status of tribal communities at an all-India level and in central India

The Hindu  

The Bharat Rural Livelihoods Foundation, an independent society set up under the Ministry of Rural Development, on Monday released a first-of-its-kind Tribal Development Report-2022, which, over two volumes, looks at the status of tribal communities at an all-India level and in central India with respect to livelihoods, agriculture, natural resources, economy, migration, governance, human development, gender, health, education, art, and …

Stressing Gender, Health, Education, Economy, Govt Body to Release First-Ever Report on Tribals Today
2 years, 3 months ago

Stressing Gender, Health, Education, Economy, Govt Body to Release First-Ever Report on Tribals Today

News 18  

From macro-economics to hunger, malnutrition, gender parity and accessing land resources, the first-ever report on tribal communities to be released on Monday by the Bharat Rural Livelihoods Foundation maps the lives of scheduled tribes in the country post 1996 when they were granted Panchayat and forest rights and the post-pandemic impact on migrant lives. Minister of tribal affairs Arjun Munda …

Address issues faced by tribals: Seethakka
2 years, 7 months ago

Address issues faced by tribals: Seethakka

Deccan Chronicle  

WARANGAL: People belonging to tribal communities were the poorest ethnic groups in the society, said All India Congress Committee women’s wing general-secretary and MLA Seethakka, and appealed to the officials concerned, especially those of the forest department, to understand their problems and resolve them. Seethakka participated in the World Tribal Day celebrations organised by Thudum Debba and hoisted the Adivasi …

Tribals for early settlement of claims under Forest Rights Act
3 years, 1 month ago

Tribals for early settlement of claims under Forest Rights Act

The Hindu  

Representatives of tribals from Hunsur have urged the authorities to recognise their claims under the Forest Rights Act so as to enable them to follow their traditional practices. Ramu, convenor of Haadi Aranya Hakku Samithigala Okkuta, said that the tribals had submitted their applications under the FRA in 2009 to press for their claims and rights under the Act. Mr. …

Adivasis And The Indian State: Successive govts distorted Tribal Sub Plan policy, denied community fair share of budgetary reserves
5 years, 6 months ago

Adivasis And The Indian State: Successive govts distorted Tribal Sub Plan policy, denied community fair share of budgetary reserves

Firstpost  

Editor’s Note: In this eighteen-part series, we will attempt to address the tropes associated with the communities in question from an Adivasi perspective while also exploring the contemporary relationship of Adivasi citizens with the Indian government. The Tribal Sub Plan was an important financial policy aimed for targeted planning of financial allocations and expenditures, with the specific objective of bridging …

Adivasis and the Indian State: Stereotyped as 'primitive' and 'savage', tribal communities fight for right to choose social, cultural, land-owning systems
5 years, 7 months ago

Adivasis and the Indian State: Stereotyped as 'primitive' and 'savage', tribal communities fight for right to choose social, cultural, land-owning systems

Firstpost  

Adivasis or indigenous people are the descendants of those who inhabited the region since before the time when people of different cultures and geographical regions arrived. Colonial rule in India produced several policies and legislations aiming to “civilise” the “savage and uncivilised” Adivasi communities; in effect invalidating our knowledge systems, our way of life, and our existence. Under the garb …

Why tribals need a Mayawati: Atrocities on adiwasis don’t bother urban India
8 years, 7 months ago

Why tribals need a Mayawati: Atrocities on adiwasis don’t bother urban India

Firstpost  

What is needed is for tribals to have their own strong leaders and politicians-activists to ensure that they are heard and justice is done to them too. In fact, atrocities on tribals in MP, Odisha or Jharkhand, fail to evoke strong reaction from the political class and mostly the tribal victim’s voice fails to reach the national level. Lack of …

'Policymakers should ensure tribals get benefits of resources'
12 years, 3 months ago

'Policymakers should ensure tribals get benefits of resources'

India TV News  

New Delhi, Nov 28: Union Minister Paban Singh Ghatowar today stressed on the need to ensure that tribals get due benefits of natural resources as they are preservers of these assets. “Tribals are the preservers of natural resources and policymakers should make sure that they receive the benefits of these resources.We cannot neglect tribals in our growth policy,” the Minister …

Tribal travails
12 years, 6 months ago

Tribal travails

The Hindu  

A useful analytical framework to study the deprivation and development of Adivasis in the larger Indian context. Despite post-Independence India having aimed at both integrating the tribes into Indian society while also protecting and safeguarding their distinct social and cultural identity, the nature of the development pursued in tribal areas has consisted of expropriating the tribal people of their land, …

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