Letter of recommendation from State Government to Center for inclusion of Kuruba community in ST

A letter has been written to the central government by the secretary of the state government recommending inclusion of the shepherd community in the state as a scheduled tribe.

The University of Mysore conducted a genealogical study on inclusion of the Kuruba community in the Scheduled Tribe and submitted its report to the State Government.

A few days ago the approval of this report was indicated in the state cabinet meeting which was held under the leadership of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

As agreed in the state cabinet meeting, the state government has submitted the ethnographic study report conducted by the Tribal Research Institute of Mysore to the central government.

Now it has been recommended to the Center that the Ero Kuruba community across the state should be included in the ST.