Tribals appeal for separate religion code in census (Lead)
February 24th, 2010 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Tribal groups from several states across the country Wednesday held a protest here, demanding they be listed under a distinct ‘religion code’ in the 2011 population census. Union Minister of Food Processing Industries Subodh Kant Sahay, who visited the protest-site, promised to take their demands to the government.
Nearly 150 people of various tribal groups from states like Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh took part in the protest at Jantar Mantar.
The protesters said that unlike other religions of the country, which have been provided specific allocations, the tribal groups which form 8.2 percent of the country’s population, have been deprived of their religious identity.
They appealed to the government to bring about changes in the 2011 population census table and work towards betterment of their living conditions.
Sahay said he came to the protest-site as he belongs to the tribal state of Jharkhand and his heart goes out for them. He said there is need for improvement in the living conditions of the tribal people.
“In this era of development, correct census of population of tribal people will make way for various central as well as state government schemes reaching them thereby leading to their development,” he added.
- Tribals appeal for separate religion code in census - Feb 24, 2010
- Independent India's first caste census kicks off (Lead) - Jun 29, 2011
- Independent India's first caste census kicks-off - Jun 29, 2011
- Apologise, Anna supporters tell Sahay - Aug 22, 2011
- Anna supporters in Jharkhand demand Sahay's apology (Lead) - Aug 22, 2011
- Congress playing demolition politics: BJP, JMM - Apr 06, 2011
- Congress demands probe into Ranchi police firing - Apr 06, 2011
- Pranab, Sibal meet Baba Ramdev at Delhi airport - Jun 01, 2011
- Union minister on protest arrested in Jharkhand - Apr 05, 2011
- Anna detained for his 'madness', says tourism minister - Aug 16, 2011
- Jharkhand demolitions: Contempt case against union minister - Apr 18, 2011
- A protest against Team Anna goes unheeded - Dec 11, 2011
- Activists protest against forest land-grab - May 21, 2011
- 720 tourism projects sanctioned - Aug 19, 2011
- Jantar Mantar: The epicentre of India's crusades - Apr 08, 2011
Tags: betterment, bihar, census of population, census table, chhattisgarh, food processing industries, government schemes, jantar mantar, madhya pradesh, orissa, population census, protest site, religious identity, sahay, state of jharkhand, subodh, tribal groups, tribal state, union minister, west bengal