Question

what are adivasi demands in the 1989 act

Answer 1

The Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted to prevent atrocities against scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. ... Article 17 of Indian Constitution seeks to abolish 'untouchability' and to forbid all such practices.

Answer 2

The 1989 Act is important for another reason – Adivasi

activists refer to it to defend their right to occupy land

that was traditionally theirs.

2. Adivasis are often unwilling to move from their

land and are forcibly displaced.

3.Activists have asked that

those who have forcibly encroached upon tribal lands

should be punished under this law.

4. this Act merely confirms what has already

been promised to tribal people in the Constitution – that

land belonging to tribal people cannot be sold to or bought

by non-tribal people.

5. In cases where this has happened, the

Constitution guarantees the right of tribal people to

re-possess their land.

6.C.K. Janu has also noted that in cases where tribals have already

been evicted and cannot go back to their lands, they must be

compensated.

7. That is, the government must draw up plans

and policies for them to live and work elsewhere.