UP to give all communities representation on nomadic board: Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said the state government would ensure representation for every community in the Denotified and Nomadic Communities Development
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said the state government would ensure representation for every community in the Denotified and Nomadic Communities Development Board and work to extend the benefits of all welfare schemes to them. He was addressing members of denotified and nomadic communities who had gathered to thank the government for setting up the board, which was recently approved by the Cabinet. Read Full Story Adityanath said the move was part of the BJP-led government's policy of inclusive development under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas" vision. "The new link in this chain of inclusive development is the Nomadic Communities Development Board," he said.
The chief minister said members of denotified communities had been unfairly labelled as "criminal tribes" under the British-era Criminal Tribes Act of 1871 because many of them had taken part in India's freedom struggle. "The British declared them criminal tribes because they had made life difficult for the colonial rulers by participating directly and indirectly in the freedom movement," he said. He credited B R Ambedkar with ending this stigma after Independence by abolishing the colonial law and declaring them denotified communities in 1952. Adityanath alleged that despite this, enough effort was not made for their welfare for decades. He also said the Narendra Modi government was the first after Independence to set up a commission for denotified, nomadic and semi-nomadic communities, and noted that he had announced a similar board in Uttar Pradesh during a convention of nomadic communities last year.
"The process of constituting the board has now moved forward," he said. Adityanath said the board would identify members of these communities and ensure that they received the benefits of government schemes. "We will ensure that every community gets representation in the board. Their voice should reach the government, and we will make every effort to provide them basic amenities," he said. Highlighting welfare measures of the BJP government, he said communities such as the Van Tangiyas, Musahars, Tharus, Gonds, Cheros, Buxas, Kols and Sahariyas had been linked to schemes including housing, ration cards, land rights, Ayushman Bharat health insurance, electricity, LPG connections and social security pensions.
He also referred to the installation of Nishadraj Guha's statue at Shringverpur, the Maharaja Suheldev memorial in Bahraich, tribal museums and educational institutions named after tribal and backward community icons as examples of efforts to honour historically neglected communities. In sum, Adityanath said the new board would help bring denotified and nomadic communities into the government's welfare framework while giving them representation in the system. Ends
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