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Tamil Nadu is location to six peculiarly susceptible tribal groups (PVTGs) — Toda, Kota, Kurumbas, Irular, Paniyan, and Kattunayakan. For this election, youngsters from these communities person prepared the ‘Tamil Nadu Tribal Youth Manifesto 2026’, listing their large demands.
The manifesto was prepared by the tribal younker leaders of Tamil Nadu, and supported by activistic Prathicksha and the Institute of Grassroots Governance.
Caste-based census, inclusion of Tamil Nadu successful the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution, reserving an Assembly constituency successful the Nilgiris territory for the Scheduled Tribes, and interior preservation for PVTGs successful the existing employment quota are among the demands. “Forest Rights Act, 2006, should beryllium implemented successful missive and successful spirit, and a abstracted grievance compartment should beryllium created nether the Tribal Welfare Department to code each the FRA-related queries,” said Gurusaravanan M., chairperson, Institute of Grassroots Governance.
Tribal communities should not beryllium evacuated from tiger oregon elephant reserves, nationalist parks, and wildlife sanctuaries without the support of the gram sabha, they said. “A Tribal Rights Committee should beryllium formed successful each the tribal hamlets for the implementation of authorities schemes. The members should comprise younker and women, and they tin beryllium nominated done gram sabha for colony panchayats and country sabha for municipality areas, they added.
A prohibition connected intoxicant was underlined arsenic 1 of the large demands by these younker leaders. “A peculiar monitoring compartment should beryllium created by appointing a peculiar serviceman to eradicate cause and substance maltreatment successful the tribal communities,” they said. They besides telephone for a caller colony panchayat successful Athikadavu colony successful Mettupalayam, covering 35 Irula tribal hamlets.
Pointing retired assorted issues related to the implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006, Mr. Gurusaravanan said the Tamil Nadu authorities should reiterate the powers fixed to communities done FRA gram sabha. “Individual onshore rights patta is pending for 66 rights holders successful Alu Kurumba and Irula hamlets,” helium said.
Instead of voluntary groups and NGOs, the authorities should coordinate straight with the FRA gram sabhas for the implementation of the Act, the manifesto said. Community certificates and ration cards were yet to beryllium issued to galore families successful the tribal hamlets, it added. The manifesto called for peculiar camps to beryllium organised successful tribal hamlets.
