STATUS OF TRIBAL RIGHTS DURING THE COLONIAL PERIOD
औपनिवेशिक दौर में आदिवासी अधिकारों की स्थिति
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https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v5.i2.2024.2624Abstract [English]
Since the 1990s, issues related to forests (recognising the traditional rights of tribal communities on forests, bringing forest wealth under the purview of village panchayats and giving autonomy to forest-dependent communities for the use of forest resources) have gained momentum. On one hand, the atmosphere of rebellion keeps heating up in various parts of the country regarding 'community rights' on forests. On the other hand, the tribals were looted by the UPA government under the guise of law. For example, laws were made by the governments to control forests, but at the cost of economic exclusion of the tribals. Thus, whenever it comes to issues related to tribals, we should always keep in mind that the problems of tribals have not arisen today or yesterday, but it has been going on since the colonial period. When, in the guise of modernisation and commercialisation, forests became a field of exploitation and earning by the British to extract more revenue and natural resources to migrate to Europe. Especially with regard to the wood used for timber and railway sleepers, the forest dwelling communities were deprived of their traditional forest rights
Abstract [Hindi]
1990 के दशक के बाद से वनों से संबंधित मुददों (वनों पर आदिवासी समुदायों के परम्परागत अधिकारों को मान्यता देना, वन सम्पदा को गाँव पंचायतो के दायरे में लाना तथा वनों पर निर्भर समुदायों को वन संसाधनों के इस्तेमाल हेतु स्वायतत्ता देना) ने काफ़ी तूल पकड़ा है। वनों पर ‘सामुदायिक अधिकारों’[1] को लेकर जहाँ आये दिन देश के विभिन्न क्षेत्रों में विद्रोह का माहोल गरमाया रहता है। वहीं दूसरी ओर कानूनी आड़ में आदिवासियों को यू पी ए सरकार द्वारा लूटा जाता रहा। मसलन सरकारों के द्वारा लगाता वनों पर नियंत्रण हेतु कानूनों का निर्माण तो किया गया लेंकिन आदिवासियों के आर्थिक बहिष्कार की कीमत पर। इस प्रकार जब भी आदिवासियों से जुडे मुद्दों की बात आती है तो हमें सदैव यह जहन में रखना चाहिये कि आदिवासियों की समस्या आज या कल की पनपी नही हैं अपितु यह तो औपनिवेशिक काल से ही चली आ रही हैं। जब ज्यादा राजस्व व प्राकृतिक संसाधनों का यूरोप में पलायन करने के लिए आधुनिकीकरण और व्यापारीकरण की आड़ में वन अंग्रेजों के हाथों शोषण व कमाई का क्षेत्र बन गये। खासकर इमारती लकड़ी व रेलवे स्लीपर्स के लिये इस्तेमाल होने वाली लकड़ियों के संदर्भ में और इसके चलते ही वनों में रहने वाले समुदाया को उनके परम्परागत वन संबंधी अधिकारों से भी वंचित किया जाता रहा
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