Forest-dwelling tribes push for direct recruitment
Members of 12 forest-dwelling tribes in Karnataka are urging the government to initiate direct recruitment for civil service jobs as promised in the 2025-26 Budget proposals. The tribes have threatened to protest if their demands are not met, citing a lack of representation in public services. They are seeking to extend the recruitment process to include higher category jobs to aid in their development and integration into mainstream society.
- ▪The Karnataka government promised direct recruitment for 12 forest-dwelling tribes in the 2025-26 Budget proposals.
- ▪Tribal representatives met with state officials to press for the implementation of this promise.
- ▪A report indicated that these tribes have not benefited from existing reservation policies in public services.
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Members of 12 forest-dwelling tribes, who were promised representation in the State’s civil services in the 2025-26 Budget proposals, have urged the State government to initiate process for direct recruitment.The government had announced that 12 tribes residing on the forest fringes — Jenu Kuruba, Iruliga, Koraga, Soliga, Yarava, Paniyan, Halasaru, Gowdalu, Siddi, Betta Kuruba, Kadu Kuruba, Kudiya, and Malekudiya — would be given jobs in the civil services through a special direct recruitment. However, the government is yet to start the process.On Wednesday (May 20), the Karnataka State Forest Dwellers Tribal People’s Federation met Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Public Works Minister Satish Jarkiholi to press for their demands to be implemented.
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