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of atrocities against them to the Commission as well as to the State Government. The
Commission's Special Rapporteurs and the State Human Rights Commissions will also
associate themselves with this work.
10.6 The entire State machinery, specially police officers, are to,be sensitised, the effort
and initiation whereof have to be taken at the State level. The Commission will also take
up the matter of appropriate training with the National Police Academy.
10.7 Proper enumeration of the DNTs and NTs throughout the country will be made,
other than in cases where all such tribes had been merged into SC/ST/OBC categories.
While it is likely that there may be variations in the requirements of earlier DNTs and
NTs now merged into the SC/ST/OBCs category, this matter might require separate
treatment with respect to distinct territories. The Ministry of Home Affairs has been
asked to provide statistics in this regard to facilitate the enumeration on the basis of
available records.
10.8 It was decided to provide better access to education, employment and other
infrastructural facilities to DNTs and NTs. Where they have been merged into SC/ST/
OBCs category, they will be entided to such facilities as are made available to the
respecdve category.
10.9 The States have been asked to work out an Action Plan, with specific provisions
in their Annual Plans, for the requirements and the special problems of these groups.
The Planning Commission will be apprised in the matter of their specific problems. It
was also decided that the survey of the socio-economic conditions of such tribes should
be undertaken. The Commission is monitoring the follow-up action by the States.
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