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During the ongoing session of the parliament, Shri Bishweswar Tudu, Minister of the Tribal Affairs, provided the total number of cases dealt by the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) that were concerned with atrocities committed against the tribal people in the country. The State/UT wise data for the last three years is as follows:
As can be deduced from the table provided above, the number of atrocities against the Tribal cases dealt by the NCST have significantly reduced over the last three years. The total number of cases that had been dealt with during the 2019-2020 period were 1558, which reduced to 533 during the 2020-2021 period. Further decrease can be observed as only 368 cases have been dealt with during 2021-22, in comparison to the 533 cases reported before that.
It is significant to note that the maximum number of that the commission dealt with during the period of 2021-22 were reported from the state of Rajasthan (72). The second and third highest number of cases were from Madhya Pradesh (46) and Jharkhand (35) respectively.
It was on February 6, 2023, during the special Budget Session of the Parliament, Lok Sabha member Shri Ajay Nishad (BJP), further asked for details regarding atrocities committed against Tribals. The government then provided the latest data based on the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, which is as follows:
As can be deduced from the table detailing the number of atrocities against the Tribals, a total of 7570 cases were registered in the year 2019, which increased to 8272 in 2020, and 8802 in 2021. Thus, the number of cases registered saw an increase during the period of 2019-2021. Out of this, only 741 cases reached convicted in 2019, 347 cases in the year 2020, and 548 cases in the year 2021. Furthermore, it is also significant to note 1148 persons got convicted in the year 2019, which decreased to 605 in the year 2020, and then increased to 824 in the year 2021.
A large number of cases have consistently been contributed by the states of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh over the years.
In contrast to the number of cases dealt with by the NST, which have decreased over the years, the number of cases being reported and registered have only increased over the same period of years. It is worrisome to see the rising number of cases and the unsafe environment that the Tribal community of India is living in.
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