Context:
Loss of habitat and knowledge could adversely impact diets of tribal communities of Soligas and Yeravas.
Soligas:
- Original Inhabitants of Karnataka
- Location – Biligiri Rangan Hills
- Also called as – Children of Bamboo
- Language – Sholaga
- Livelihood –
- Practice shifting cultivation
- Harvesting and sale of Non-timber Forest Produce like honey and bamboo
- Status- Scheduled Tribe
- Significance – 1st community to win resident rights in a tiger reserve (Source: Ministry of Tribal Affairs)
- Followers of – Naturism and Animism along with Hindu practices
- Diet – Honey
Yeravas:
- Hailing from Kerala, Settled in Southern Karnataka
- Language – Revula
- Livelihood –
- Agricultural labourers
- Settlements are called ‘Kunju’
- Diet – Tubers, Mushrooms and wild berries
Source: Down To Earth
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 Services 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)
