Hakku Patra

Five families from the Banjara (Lambani) clan received Hakku Patra (land title deeds) from the Prime Minister in a symbolic ceremony in Malkhed, in the Karnataka district of Kalaburagi. The ceremony was organised by the State Revenue Department.
The Banjaras are a significant scheduled caste sub-group in Karnataka, despite the fact that given the way they live, they are viewed as a tribal tribe.

What are title deeds or hakku patras?

The holder of a title deed is the legal owner of the property described in the document.
Owners can apply for bank loans using the title deeds as documentation.
Additionally, they will be permitted to purchase or sell property for which the government has issued a title deed.

About the Banjara people:

The words "banjara" and "vanj" both refer to trade and travel, respectively. Their language, Gorboli, has vocabulary from other languages.
These nomads ended up all over Asia and Europe and were an essential part of the supply chain for villages.
Many tribes, including the Banjaras, opposed the British attempts to annex their territory for plantations and recruit them as slave labour.
Banjaras, who have their origins in Rajasthan, currently reside in a number of States and go by a variety of names: in Rajasthan, they go by Gwar or Gwaraiya; in Andhra Pradesh, Lambada or Lambadi; in Karnataka, Lambani.
They are listed as different caterogories in the States as Vimukta Jati/denotified tribes, Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Other Backward Class, and Scheduled Caste.

Source: Indian Express

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