Context:
Muria Tribals lack access to primary education, safe drinking water, and social welfare benefits.
Muria Tribals:
- States – Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha.
- Also referred to as – ‘Gutti Koyas’
- Language – Koya
- Festival – Sammakka Saralamma Jathara
- Agriculture – Practice Podu, a form of shifting cultivation.
- Status – Has ST status in Chattisgarh
- Issue – Migration due to conflict between left wing extremists and State-sponsored Salwa Judum
Salwa Judum:
- A group of tribal persons mobilized for resistance against outlawed armed naxalites.
- SC Judgement – In Nandini Sundar and Others vs. State of Chhattisgarh (2011), the Supreme Court declared the Salwa Judum unconstitutional and ordered the Chhattisgarh government to disband it immediately
Source: The Hindu
Previous Year Question
At the national level, which ministry is the nodal agency to ensure effective implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006?
[UPSC Civil Service Exam – 2021 Prelims]
(a) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
(b) Ministry of Panchayati Raj
(c) Ministry of Rural Development
(d) Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Answer: (d)
