New Delhi: Only one of every four complaints over the ability to the scheduled tribes has been resolved by the National Commission for the Scheduled Tribe (NCST) in the last three years, according to government data.
The Commission received a total of 3,609 complaints “about the suppression of tribal people” for the past three years.
Of these, only 944 complaints (26.15 percent) have been completed so far and 2,664 “in process”, according to the data presented by the Tribal Ministry at Lok Sabha.
In 2020-21, the Commission received 533 complaints, including 66 of Uttar Pradesh, 55 of Madhya Pradesh and 42 each of Maharashtra and Odisha.
Only 28 out of 533 complaints that have been completed so far.
In 2019-20, the panel received 1,558 complaints of atrocities against the tribal community, including 233 from Rajasthan and 218 of Maharashtra.
Of these, only 333 has been thrown away so far.
Only 583 of 1,518 complaints received in 2018-19 have been read back.
A total of 353 complaints emerged from Rajasthan and 248 from Madhya Pradesh.