India, Aug. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
The Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Shri. Durgadas Uikey informed today in Lok Sabha that the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) is mandated to inquire into complaints regarding the deprivation of rights and safeguards of the Scheduled Tribes which include issues related to alienation, development, atrocities, forest right claims, etc. including displacement of Scheduled Tribes from Tiger Reserve areas on a case-to-case basis and makes appropriate recommendations to the concerned authorities, wherever warranted.
A few representations regarding voluntary village relocation from Tiger Reserves have been forwarded to the NTCA by the National Commission fo...