Constitution of India prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion; race, caste, sex or place of birth (Article 15) and it provides the right to equality (Article 14). Yet, in a blatant misuse of Legislative power, making mockery of the Constitution, the Orissa Govt. passed a Regulation proclaiming that it shall not provide any loan to tribal nor allow anybody to grant any loan to tribal. Orissa Govts prescription is that Tribal to go for traditional hunting! and gathering of some forest roots or work as an agricultural labourer or at best till barren agricultural land in perpetuity.
The Orissa Govt. promulgated a senseless Regulation 1 of 2002 (effective from 4.9.2002) indirectly providing that:-
a) No loan should be provided to an Adivasi (Tribal). Tribal, has no right of access to govt. loan for business/commercial purpose mortgaging his property.
b) An Adivasi have no business to supplement his income by way of giving his extra/additional accommodation on rent, lease even to Govt. Office/PSUS Bank, forget about non-tribal person.
c) An Adivasi should not setup a petrol pump with even PSU Oil Marketing Companies; in his own land and for his own economic benefit as if economic empowerment is sole prerogative of non Tribals.
d) Even a Govt. employee of Adivasi origin is prohibited from taking HBA unlike his non tribal colleague to construct house in own native place in Orissa.
RE:Why naxals breeding in Malkangiri? Shame on Orissa Govt.
by Golden on Apr 29, 2008 03:18 PM Permalink
bhai, give the source also if you are truthful. i am not challenging your information but there must be some reference otherwise it will be your own imaginary thinking and you will be termed as DayDreamer.
RE:Why naxals breeding in Malkangiri? Shame on Orissa Govt.
by mahabodhi on Apr 29, 2008 03:28 PM Permalink
Malikput and 21 other villages under the Machkund tehsil comprise the largest cashew growing belt in Koraput. There have been constant conflicts between villagers who say that the cashew growing land belongs to them, and the state body%u2014Orissa State Cashew Development Corporation%u2014which calls the villagers %u2018encroachers%u2019.
The %u2018encroachers%u2019 say cashew brings in money and offers them hope of a better future without having to leave their villages. %u201COne acre of cashew, if the harvest is good, fetches us anything from Rs 5,000-6,000,%u201D says Bhakta Ram Pangi of Harganda village.
RE:RE:Why naxals breeding in Malkangiri? Shame on Orissa Govt.
by mahabodhi on Apr 29, 2008 03:32 PM Permalink
Case Study of Mayurbhanj District in Orissa :-
Orissa occupies a special position in the tribal map of India. In the State the Scheduled Tribes Constitute 22.21%. There are 62 different types of tribes in the State. Mayurbhanj is one of the most tribally dominated districts, lying at the Northern border of Orissa. This district was formed in 1949 out of the ex-State of Mayurbhanj. The percentage of Scheduled Tribes in the district in nearly 58.56%. The district is extremely important from anthropological point of view. It is inhabited by almost all the important tribes found in the eastern region of India through it is a fact that only a few of them have a concentrated settlement here e.g. the Santals, Hos, Bhunyas, Bhumijas, Bathuris and Gonds etc. The basic tribal population of the district is therefore formed by these six principal tribes.
As it has happened in other tribal parts of this country, the tribals of Mayurbhanj are also not spared off. Land alienation is rampart here. Due to poor economic conditions and illiteracy the tribes have not been able to understand the vicious circle thrown by their non-tribal exploiters. The Tribal Research Bureau conducted surveys and studies to analyze the relationship between the tribals and non-tribals who settled down in tribal areas e.g. an untouchable caste, Dom and Pano, the first non-tribals to settle down on the hills, live in intimate relationship with the Kandhas and Saoras of South Orissa. Similarly milkmen oilman
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by mahabodhi on Apr 29, 2008 03:34 PM Permalink
. Similarly milkmen oilman and others live with the Juangs and Paudi Bhunyas of North Orissa. Many researchers put this relationship of the tribals with the non-tribals as parasitism but sometimes a symbiotic relationship is also found between them. Indebtedness among the tribals is a chronic malady. Schemes by the State Government have been bogged down in bureaucratic red-tapism. According to the Tribal Research Bureau the original purpose of these schemes is lost sight of. The two major steps by the Govt. of Orissa to prevent land alienation of the tribals are,
(i) Orissa Scheduled Areas Transfer of Immovable Property (by STs) Regulation, 1956, provides for the control and check of the transfers made by the scheduled tribes to the non-scheduled tribes in the Scheduled Areas.
(ii) Also outside the Scheduled Areas, alienation of land of the scheduled tribes has been restricted under Orissa Land Reformed Act, 1960.
Though Mayurbhanj possesses enormous forest wealth, the tribal people have no freedom to enjoy its benefits. Even for making agricultural implements they have to seek permission of the authorities. Permission to cut fire wood is available on payment of a stipulated amount. Sardari system of collection of land revenue gave enough scope for the feudal practices to survive. In the Colonial revenue administration Sardars, Tehsildars and Lakrajdars were the intermediaries. Notwithstanding various welfare measures introduced by the Colonial Government, there s
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by mahabodhi on Apr 29, 2008 03:35 PM Permalink
introduced by the Colonial Government, there seemed to be a deep-seated unrest among the peasants of Mayurbhanj which provided congenial atmosphere for the growth of Prajamandal Movement during 1930s and 40s.
The tribal composition of Mayurbhanj is another important aspect of its history. The tension between the tribals and non-tribals often resulted in violent outburst leading to direct intervention by the Govt. The Kol insurrection and the Bamanghaty disturbances were instances which speak of tribal's refusal to accept a alien system.
However, in order to understand the present tribal problem of land alienation in Mayurbhanj a general background of the land structure of the district is to be analyzed starting from the pre-colonial phase. Also an analysis is to be made to understand the changing pattern of the land structure in Orissa's plains and its effect over the neighboring forest regions that lead to the fast depeasantisation of the tribal communities. As this depeasantisation has emerged as a criteria of the class antagonisms, its effects are to be examined in the district. Above all, the failures of State Govt.'s policy and the result of such failures are to be found out.
However, there is an imperative to project the land alienation of the tribals as human rights violation and to bring to attention of the government as well as non-government agencies. Nowadays the awareness of human rights brings about a certain awakening and often generates courage of t
