Mohan Guruswamy | Adivasis, the first Indians, cheated by Constitution?
1 year, 4 months ago

Mohan Guruswamy | Adivasis, the first Indians, cheated by Constitution?

Deccan Chronicle  

Tribal people, who account for 8.6 per cent of India’s population, about 110 million people, can be broadly classified into three groupings. Late Prof. Nihar Ranjan Ray, one of our most distinguished historians, described the Central Indian Adivasis as “the original autochthonous people of India”, meaning that their presence in India pre-dated by far the Dravidians, the Aryans and whoever else settled in this country. In the early days of our Republic, Jawaharlal Nehru, on the advice of people like Verrier Elwin, sought to insulate the tribal areas from the predations of the new order that was emerging in India. The Fifth Schedule covers tribal areas in nine states of India -- Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Rajasthan.

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Arjun Munda Says Modi Govt Committed to Empowerment of Adivasis
9 months ago

Arjun Munda Says Modi Govt Committed to Empowerment of Adivasis

Deccan Chronicle  

Umdam : Union tribal affairs minister Arjun Munda on Wednesday said the central government led by Narendra Modi is committed to the empowerment of Adivasis and restoring their self-respect. Arjun Munda said the central government led by Modi initiated many welfare and development schemes for empowerment of the adivasis in the last ten years. I visited the Keslapur Nagoba temple …

Rahul Gandhi accuses BJP of making Adivasis homeless as yatra enters Maharashtra
9 months, 1 week ago

Rahul Gandhi accuses BJP of making Adivasis homeless as yatra enters Maharashtra

The Hindu  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of taking away “jal, jungle, and jamin” from tribals and transferring them to two corporate entities, making the Adivasis homeless. “Our party’s government would carry out a caste census and an economic and financial survey, and also strengthen the Forest Rights Act that was ‘weakened’ under the BJP …

BJP wants to confine tribal people to forests, deprive them: Rahul Gandhi
11 months ago

BJP wants to confine tribal people to forests, deprive them: Rahul Gandhi

The Hindu  

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on January 19 alleged that the BJP wants to confine tribal people to forests and deprive them of education and other opportunities. Addressing his first public meeting in Assam as part of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, Mr. Gandhi claimed the Congress recognises the rights of 'adivasis' over resources as first dwellers. The BJP calls you …

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

Mohan Guruswamy | Will Murmu remember the unkept promises to tribals?
2 years, 5 months ago

Mohan Guruswamy | Will Murmu remember the unkept promises to tribals?

Deccan Chronicle  

Our tribal people, who account for 8.2 per cent of India’s population, can be broadly classified into three groupings. The late Prof. Nihar Ranjan Ray, one of our most distinguished historians, had described the Central Indian Adivasis as “the original autochthonous people of India”, meaning that their presence in India pre-dated by far the Dravidians, Aryans and whoever else settled …

Kannabiran Memorial Lecture : The Constitution and Scheduled Tribes in Composite State of AP
3 years, 11 months ago

Kannabiran Memorial Lecture : The Constitution and Scheduled Tribes in Composite State of AP

Live Law  

It is ten years since Sri Kannabiran left us, and yet memories of him are still fresh. Shri Kannabhiran then referred to Section 52-A of the Government of India Act, 1919, Sections 91 and 92 of the Government of India Act, 1935, the Ganzam and Vizagapatam Act, 1939, the Scheduled Districts Act, 1874, the debates which took place in the …

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