Pahari Speaking People of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir Seeking for Scheduled Tribe Status: An Analytical Study

Volume : 9, Issue : 3, March - 2022

Abstract : This paper is an attempt to assess the claims of the Pahari speaking people and to analyse the political commitments made by the different leaders for the reservation of this community. The Pahari speaking people of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory are mainly  concentrated  in  remote  border  areas  and  are  put  to  considerable  economic distress which is very discernible from their socio-economic backwardness and are lying at  the  bottom  of  the  developmental  ladder.  To  promote  and  safeguard  the  socio- economic interests of the Pahari community, a number of measures have been drafted by the state government over the period of time. Besides the ameliorative measures, Paharis have been seeking Scheduled tribe status for 30 years, since the grant of the same to Gujjars and Bakarwals in Jammu and Kashmir in 1991, leading to reservation in jobs and  seats  in  educational  institutions  for  them.  In  this  paper  the  researcher  has highlighted their living conditions, socio-economic scale, geography and backwardness and analysed that the Paharis are generally poor people who have remained deprived of their socio-political and economic rights for a long period and are in relative deprivation from the mainstream society

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