TRIBAL UPLIFT AND THE RULE OF LAW
TRIBAL UPLIFT AND THE RULE OF LAW
The judicial system has become more sensitized to social justice. Constitutional amendment, minimal though may be resided, but tribal credibility will be causality if the current litigate justice were to be continued as the rule of law.
In 1989 Indian parliament passed the Atrocities act for protecting Scheduled tribes and scheduled castes from offence and injustice against them by others. Under this law 3(1) those who made violence and mayhem against tribes shall imprison to minimum 6 months to 5-year. (Pattika Varga Vikasana Padhathikal-Paripadikal, Scheduled Tribe Development Department, Kerala Government.)
The Kerala Scheduled Tribes (Restriction on Transfer of Lands and Restoration of Alienated Lands) Act1975 was passed by the Kerala Legislative Assembly on 1…04…1975 but brought in to force with effect from 1…1…1982 .this Act was for the restoration of lands alienated by members of tribal community . The Government has amended this Act in 1996. Even today this act is not implemented for restoring the alienated tribal land.
Tribal department, agricultural department and many other governmental departments for the Scheduled tribes implemented various developmental programmes. For the well-being of the tribals in educational matters, government arranged hostel facilities for tribal students, grants for encouraging the parents of tribal students, free education up to high school level, free from fees and giving grants to the students studying in the college etc. Various financial help for self employment among tribes, Hayes building loans thatching roofs, loan for repairing houses and wells, financial help for the tribal girls etc. are the major financial support given to tribal by government. The government also organizes special programmes for tribal health.
Central government also implements various programmes for the well being of tribals like I.H.D.P (Intensive habitat development programs) for the development of tribals. This shows that can touch all the aspect of tribal development. But many of these programs are not reaching to the tribals.
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