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26 Jun, 5 tweets, 3 min read
The Irulas – listed as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) in Tamil Nadu – depend largely on daily wage work and MGNREGA for their income.

Smitha Tumuluru covers their lives in these 4 stories in the thread below

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Technology and zero balance accounts were supposed to make banking simpler for the poor. For Bangalamedu’s Irulas, it has made it far more complicated, mystifying and frustrating

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Irula women of Bangalamedu hamlet in Tamil Nadu's Thiruvallur are very dependent on the MGNREGA. But fewer days of work, delayed payments and an alienating digitisation process cause them huge problems

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Rat-catching is a regular activity among the Irula, an Adivasi community in Bangalamedu in Tamil Nadu's Thiruvallur. Many relish rat meat, and baby rats are especially popular as pets for children

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Edible wild plants have for long been a source of food for the Irulas, an Adivasi community in Tamil Nadu. But with receding forests and uncertain work options, they now hope education will bring better days

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3 | Transplantation also requires bending over most of the time in shin-deep to knee-deep water. Yet, it is seen as an unskilled job and paid lower wages. Simply because it’s women who do it.

Would landlords hire so many women if they were less efficient?
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