Subject: Summary record of the meeting of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes held at 12:00 hours on 12.05.2008.
1. A meeting of the Commission was held at 12:00 hours on 12.05.2008 in the Conference room of the Commission in Lok Nayak Bhawan New Delhi. The meeting was presided by Smt. Urmila Singh, Chairperson, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes. List of participants is enclosed.
2. There were initially four items on the Agenda for the meeting. A fifth item was added later on for discussion in the meeting. All items on the Agenda were discussed in detail. The decisions taken in the meeting are summarized as under: (Agenda 2nd Item is regarding MEDARA community).
Agenda Item I: Kerala (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Regulation of issue of Community Certificates (Amendment Ordinance), 2006.
Agenda Item II: Proposal for inclusion of MEDARA Community as a synonym of MEDA Community in the list of STs for Karnataka. Certain details relating to the proposal were called by the Commission from the Govt. of Karnataka in November, 2007. Since there is no elected Govt. in the State for the past few months, it was desired that some more time should be given to the State Government for furnishing the material; for which purpose, a reminder at an appropriate level may be sent. Information may also be sought from MTA/ MoSJ as to why the MEDARA community was not accepted for inclusion as a synonym of MEDA community at the earlier stage of comprehensive revision of lists of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in 1976.
Agenda Item III: Schedule of Review Meetings of Commission with States and UTs and Central Ministries.
Agenda Item IV: Guidelines for dealing with cases relating to Service Safeguards received in the Commission.
Agenda Item V (additional agenda): Report on Study of performance of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes conducted by Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi entrusted by Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances, Government of India.
3. The meeting ended with vote of thanks to the Chairperson.
Annexure: National Commission for Scheduled Tribes: Meeting of the Commission on 12.05.2008 at 12:00 noon in the Conference Room of the Commission-List of participants. (S.No./ Name and Designation/ Signature)
1. Smt. Urmila Singh, Chairperson (In Chair)
2. Shri Maurice Kujur, Vice-Chairperson
3. Shri Tsering Samphel, Member
4. Shri Oris Syiem Myriaw, Member
5. Shri R.S. Sirohi, Secretary
6. Shri Aditya Mishra, Joint Secretary
7. Shri R.C. Durga, Director
8. Shri Vinod Aggarwal, Director
9. Shri R.P. Vashistha, Deputy Secretary
10. Shri K.N. Singh, PS to Chairperson
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NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR SCHEDULED TRIBES (F.No. 1/7/09-Coord.)
Sub: Summary record of the 14th meeting of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes held at 1200 hrs. on 02.09.2009.
1. The 14th meeting of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes was held at 1200 Hrs. on 02/09/2009 as scheduled. The meeting was held in the Conference room of the Commission in Lok Nayak Bhawan New Delhi and was presided over by Smt. Urmila Singh, Chairperson, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes. List of participants is enclosed at ANNEX.
2. There were 2 Agenda Items for discussion. Discussion was held on both the Items. Summary record of the discussions held in the meeting, item-wise, is given below:
(Agenda 1st item was regarding MEDARA community, 2nd item was regarding Vulnerable Tribal Groups/ Primitive Tribal Groups of Andaman and Nicobar Islands).
Agenda Item I
2.1 Proposal for inclusion of 'MEDARA' community as a synonym of MEDA' community in the ST list of Karnataka
2.1.1 The Commission discussed the proposal of the State Government of Karnataka for inclusion of ‘MEDARA’ community as synonym of ‘MEDA’ community in the ST list of Karnataka at length.
2.1.2 Secretary, NCST referred to the observations made in the judgment of the Madras High Court and pointed out that unlike the ‘MEDA’ who were hills men, the ‘MEDARA’ community are bamboo workers living in the urban areas and speak a variety of languages including Marathi and Telugu. The Commission noted that the State Government of Karnataka first recommended inclusion of four communities namely MEDARA, MEDARI, GAURIGA, and BURUD as synonyms of MEDA community in the list of Scheduled Tribes of the State vide their letter dated 19-10-1995. The proposal of the State Government was considered by the Government of India. It was, however, found that the while the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 2002, notified on 07-01-2003, included MEDARI, GAURIGA and BURUD as synonyms of MEDA in the ST list of Karnataka, it did not include MEDARA community as synonym of MEDA community. This omission was pointed out by the State Government vide their letter dated 19-03-2003. The State Government stated that in case the omission was due to oversight, action might be taken by the Government of India to include MEDARA also as synonym of MEDA. Apart from the State Government’s above mentioned letter, the Commission took into consideration the following documents/inputs in support of its decision to agree to the proposal of the State Government :
(i) Letter dated 27-12-2006 from the office of Registrar General of India, New Delhi specifically recommending inclusion of MEDARA as synonym of MEDA in the ST list of Karnataka.
(ii) Additional inputs provided by the State Government vide their letter dated 05-06-2008 in reply to the Commission’s letter dated 21-09-2007 regarding social customs, dialects, way of living, occupation, religious practices and practice of inter-marriage among the people belonging to MEDA and MEDARA communities.
(iii) Additional inputs provided by the report of the Hon’ble Member of the Commission (Shri Tsering Samphel) dated 05-03-2008 after his visit to the districts of Dharwar, Belgaum, Haveri and Uttara Kannada regarding the social customs, dialects and educational & economic status of the people belonging to MEDA, MEDARA and MEDARI communities.
2.1.3 The Commission noted that in his report dated 05-03-2008 (referred to above), the Hon’ble Member, inter-alia, stated that some of the members of 'MEDARA' community, as in the case of any other Scheduled Tribe community, had shifted to urban areas due to educational needs and in search of source of livelihood, but their original family members continued to live in the original tribal habitats, mostly in hills and therefore, the fact that some of the MEDARA community members were inhabiting in urban areas and to that extent were not geographically isolated, could not be a valid reason to deny them their due rights admissible as Scheduled Tribes. The Commission, therefore, expressed its agreement to the proposal for inclusion of 'MEDARA' community as a synonym of 'MEDA' community in the ST list of Karnataka.
3. The meeting ended with vote of thanks to the Chairperson.
ANNEX (w.r.t. Para 1 of the Summary Record)
National Commission for Scheduled Tribes: Meeting of the Commission held on 02.09.2009 at 1200 hrs. in the Conference Room of the Commission.
List of participants. (S.No. Name and Designation)
1. Smt. Urmila Singh, Chairperson (In chair)
2. Shri Maurice Kujur, Vice-Chairperson
3. Shri Tsering Samphel, Member
4. Shri Oris Syiem Myriaw, Member
5. Shri R.S. Sirohi, Secretary
6. Shri Aditya Mishra, Joint Secretary
7. Shri R.C. Durga, Director
8. Shri Vinod Aggarwal, Director
9. Shri R.P.Vasishth, Deputy Secretary
10. Shri K.D. Bhansor, Deputy Director
11. Shri K.N. Singh, PS to Chairperson
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