Parivara and Taliwara community in ST category

Social Issues Tribes and Races

13-Feb-20

Context-The Lok Sabha passed The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2019 which seeks to include the Parivara and the Talawara communities in the ST category to ensure they get a reservation and other benefits provided by the government.

The Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha in 2019 and it will amend Part VI of the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950, that specifies the tribal and tribal communities which are deemed to be Scheduled Tribes.
Part VI of the order contains the list of Scheduled Tribes in Karnataka.

Parivara and Taliwara:

It is estimated that the population of the Parivara community at roughly 2.58 lakh and that of the Taliwara community at 8.6 lakh.
People of Parivara and Taliwara live in Mysore, Chamrajanagara, Mandya and Tumkur districts and a “thin population” resides in Udupi, South Canara, and North Canara districts of Karnataka.
The Siddi tribes of Belagavi and Dharwad would also be included in the category apart from those living in the Uttar Kannada districts. The amendments had been made in the list of the STs in Karnataka.
The Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha in 2019 and it will amend Part VI of the Constitution Order, 1950, that specifies the tribal and tribal communities which are deemed to be Scheduled Tribes.

Siddi Tribe

The Siddi community is also known by different synonyms such as Habshi and Badsha.
It is believed that they are of African origin because they clearly show the Negroid racial strain in their physical features.
Descendants of Bantu people of East Africa, Siddi ancestors were largely brought to India as slaves by Arabs as early as the 7^th Century, followed by the Portuguese and the British later on.When slavery was abolished in the 18^th and 19^th centuries, Siddis fled into the country’s thick jungles, fearing recapture and torture.
At present, the Siddis are living on the western coast of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka states. In Karnataka, they mainly live in Dharwad, Belagavi and Uttar Kannada districts.
In India, the Union government in 2003, classified Siddis under the list of Scheduled Tribes.
They are included in the Centre’s list of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups
Previously they depended on hunting and gathering but at present, their main source of livelihood is labour and agriculture.