http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/MP-wants-Medaras-under-ST-list/articleshow/7031000.cms
MP wants Medaras under ST list
TNN, Dec 2, 2010, 09.55pm IST
DHARWAD: MP Prahlad Joshi has urged the Centre to include the Medara
community of Karnataka in Scheduled Tribes (ST) list. In a
call-attention motion tabled in Lok Sangha under Section 377, Joshi
pointed out that Meda and Medara communities elsewhere in the country
are similar in their occupation and economic status to their
counterparts in Karnataka. They all are engaged in cane works and
bamboo handicrafts.
Joshi said while the Meda and Medar had already been listed under ST
category by the central government, the Medara community of Karnataka
had been left out due to oversight by the officials. Several pleas by
the community members and Karnataka government had been of no use, he
said.
Joshi said the registrar general of India and SC/ST Commission had
accepted that Medara community prevalent in north Karnataka is
equivalent to the Meda and Medar community members and recommended
their inclusion in the ST list. But due to apathy of the officials at
the ministry concerned, the demand has not been fulfilled, he claimed.
Joshi said the Medara community members in north Karnataka are
economically and educationally backward and hence needed to be
supported.
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