(a) whether the Union Government are aware that migrant Taungyas engaged in tree
plantations have been uprooted in Uttar Pradesh;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
(c) whether there are any other tribals who need to be protected;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) the schemes made by the Union Government for the upliftment and protection of
such tribals?
MINISTER OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS ( SHRI JUAL ORAM)
a)& b) No such case has been reported to this Ministry.
c),d)& e) The Union Government has already identified 75 tribal communities in 14
States and 1 UT and has categorized them as Primitive Tribal Groups (PTGs)
based on the pre-agriculture level of technology, low level of literacy and
stagnant or diminishing population. For their all round development a new
Central Sector Scheme for the development of PTGs was introduced during
1998-99.