follow us: april 9, 2017 Delhi City Edition thehindu.com 42 pages ț ₹15.00 facebook.com/thehindu twitter.com/the_hindu My govt is committed to Adityanath orders Uneasy calm prevails India clinches Davis farm loan waiver, says probe into sugar mill in Bhadrak after Cup tie against Amarinder Singh auction by Mayawati communal violence Uzbekistan page 7 page 11 page 9 page 19 Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Allahabad . Malappuram . Mumbai CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC NEARBY White harvest Vulnerable tribes: lost in a classiication trap Precise data crucial to ensure development initiatives Nitish lags of rally Shiv Sahay Singh on Yamuna bank Kolkata NEW DELHI A recent Anthropological Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Survey of India (AnSI) pub- Kumar lagged of a road lication has brought to the show and a rally here on fore startling revelations Saturday in what is intended about the Particularly Vul- to be the beginning of a move nerable Tribal Groups by the Janata Dal (United) (PVTGs) in the country inc- towards national expansion. luding the fact that no base The party plans to ield line surveys have been candidates from at least 100 conducted among more of the 272 wards that will be than half of such groups. going to the polls on April 23. “Our findings revealed Left out: A member of Onge tribe in Andamans (left), and a CITY Ī PAGE 2 Salt of the sea: The blazing sun doesn’t deter workers at a salt pan in Marakkanam, along the East Coast Road connecting Chennai shocking facts, of the 75 Toda woman from Tamil Nadu. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD and Puducherry on Saturday. Marakkanam is among the salt production hubs of Tamil Nadu. * V. GANESAN PVTGs, base line surveys exists for about 40 groups, (13). All the four tribal Kattunayakan, Katkari/ INSIDE even after declaring them groups in Andamans, and Kathodi, Kharia, Kolam, as PVTGs,” states the pub- one in Nicobar Islands, are and Lodha. lication: The Particularly recognised as PVTGs. Thus, the number of the Delhi, Dhaka agree on 22 deals Vulnerable Tribal Groups of PVTGs at the national level India — Privileges and Pre- Updates crucial would be 63, the book dicaments. The book points out that states. India promises on Teesta, delivers on $5 billion line of credit, defence MoUs Base line surveys are the PVTG list requires re- “There is an urgent done to precisely identify vising and refinement to need to come up with the Suhasini Haidar and for India-Bangladesh re- the PVTG avoid over- exact number of PVTGs. Kallol Bhattacherjee lationship,” Mr. Modi said families, SUNDAY SPECIAL lapping and This would do away with NEW DELHI after the meeting. He added, their habitat repetition. overlapping names and go Stepping up cooperation in “I firmly believe that it is and socio-economic status, For instance, the list con- a long way in having a clear the fields of connectivity, en- only my government and Ex- so that development initi- tains synonyms of the idea about the tribes and ergy and defence, India ex- cellency Sheikh Hasina, your atives are implemented for same group such as the implementing welfare tended lines of credit worth government, that can and these communities, based Mankidia and the Birhor in schemes directed at the $5 billion to Bangladesh after will find an early solution to on the facts and figures. Odisha, both of which communities,” Dr. Suresh a meeting between Prime Teesta Water Sharing.” The publication emphas- refer to the same group. Patil, former Deputy Dir- Minister Narendra Modi and ises State governments Some of the PVTGs are ector AnSI, and one of the Prime Minister Sheikh Has- Talks on trade must urgently conduct distributed in more than prominent authors of the ina, as the two countries ex- Apart from the water issues, such surveys to arrive at one State. The Birhor are publication, said. changed 22 agreements here Honour for neighbour: Sheikh Hasina inspects a guard of both sides agreed to work to- accurate demographic and recognised as a PVTG in Regional and State-spe- on Saturday. honour at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Saturday. * SANDEEP SAXENA gether on ways to advance is- socio-economic figures of four States, while 10 other cific variations in welfare However, despite the sues like trade, connectivity, the PVTGs. group are PVTG in two schemes for PVTGs has presence of West Bengal tion of a trans-border rail sharing agreement that Ms. and regional cooperation. Among the 75 listed States, namely the also been highlighted. SECTION 2 Ī 14 PAGES Chief Minister Mamata line, the two sides were un- Banerjee has opposed. PVTG’s the highest num- Sahariya, Kurumba, Kor- SUNDAY MAGAZINE Ī 8 PAGES Banerjee at the ceremony able to make any progress on “This (Teesta) is import- CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 ber are found in Odisha aga, Korwa, JenuKuruba, CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 CLASSIFIEDS Ī PAGES 4 & 7 that included the inaugura- the contentious Teesta water ant for India, for Bangladesh FRIENDSHIP RIDE Ī PAGE 10 ‘No-ly-list’ under government Parties should China’s action like Pol Pot’s, says Dalai Lama keep election Tibetan leader says it is normal for Beijing to give political colour to his visits consideration, says Minister promises: CJI Special Correspondent our culture and language,” New Delhi he said. In the run-up to his Air passenger representatives welcome move Special Correspondent In his sharpest comments visit, the Chinese govern- New Delhi yet, the Dalai Lama com- ment had issued several dir- Somesh Jha country like ours where first Chief Justice of India Jag- pared China’s actions in ect threats to India. New Delhi time flyers are nearly 20- dish Singh Khehar on Sat- Tibet to the regime of Cam- He accused China of Minister of State for Civil Avi- 25%,” said D. Sudhakara urday said political parties bodian dictator Pol Pot, who spreading wrong informa- ation Jayant Sinha said the Reddy, national president of should be held account- was held responsible for the tion about his trip, saying it government was considering Air Passengers Association of able for the routinely un- death of more than a million was normal for Beijing to the introduction of a ‘no fly India. fulfilled promises made in Cambodians in the 1970s. give a “political colour.” list’ to deal with unruly their election manifestos. Speaking at the Tawang “The Chinese people have passengers. Advisory in nature Manifestos had become monastery, where he arrived every right to know the real- “The Ministry of Civil Avi- Experts said the ‘no-fly-list’ a mere piece of paper ow- on Friday, the Tibetan leader ity, but totalitarianism has ation is strengthening rules Jayant Sinha * FILE PHOTO should be advisory in nature ing to the short-term and spiritual guru said des- done great damage,” he said. so that a national no-fly list and not imposed on airlines. memory of citizens, but pite the atrocities in Tibet On whether his visit to can be implemented, such lice action for a specific in- “No-fly-list should not be the political parties had to “smiliar to Pol Pot’s in Cam- Blessings: Devotees ofer prayers to the Dalai Lama in Tawang would affect India- incidents can be prevented, cident as well as being punitive in nature, it should be made accountable for bodia,” he had decided to Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, on Saturday. * PTI China ties, he said: “We will and safety improved,” Mr. placed on a no-fly list,” the facilitate airlines to take the the unfulfilled promises, “forgive China” and was have to wait and see. But it is Sinha tweeted, referring to Minister said. right precaution,” said Mark said Justice Khehar at an even willing to follow the relations with China for policy ensuring economic normal for China to give a the incident on March 23 in Domestic airlines have D Martin, founder and CEO all-India seminar on “Eco- “One China” policy. thousands of years. I have no benefit to Tibet provided we political colour to my spir- which Shiv Sena MP witnessed 53 cases of unruly of Martin Consulting. nomic Reforms with Refer- “Tibet has had very good issues with the ‘One China’ have the right to preserve itual visits.” (With PTI) Ravindra Gaikwad’s al- behaviour by passengers He said it should be the ence to Electoral issues,” legedly beat up an Air India between July 2016 and prerogative of airlines to fly organised by the Confeder- employee, leading to his ban March 2017. passengers named on the ation of the Indian Bar, on flying. Air passenger representat- no-fly-list and that they which was inaugurated by Kejriwal “Air travellers should note ives welcomed the move on should be allowed to charge President Pranab Mukher- that safety and security of a ‘no-fly list’ – a practice fol- an extra fee from such jee. The CJI said the parties fumes at passengers and crew is our lowed by airlines in Europe passengers. gave brazen excuses to jus- paramount priority. Unruly and the United States. Airlines abroad have their tify non-fulfilment of the oice closure or disruptive behaviour will “This is a well-established own rules for dealing with promises. result in severe con- international practice and is unruly passengers and main- Staff Reporter sequences. This includes po- an urgent necessity for a tain their own ‘no fly