Ramsinh Rathwa, the chairman of the cooperative body associated with the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs, had on Thursday issued an order suspending Geetanjali Gupta for "administrative mismanagement".
At a media briefing after the Cabinet meeting, Munda, who is the Union tribal affairs minister, said the move will benefit around 1.60 lakh people of the Hatti community.
Siddi said that his community traces its roots to somewhere in Mozambique and Kenya. The Portuguese had trafficked them as slaves to India along the coasts of Western Ghats.
Despite unanimity on the issue of labour dues forest rights of the tribals and forest dwellers and environment clearance and inherent rights of the state in the constitution, the Select Committee has failed to accept the suggested amendments to the Bill," a dissent note from Singh said.