Waorani community    

• The Huaorani, Waorani, or Waodani, also known as the Waos, are an Indigenous people from the Amazonian Region of Ecuador.
• They comprise almost 4,000 inhabitants and speak the Huaorani language.
• Their language is distinct and unrelated to any other known tongue, including Quechua, which is commonly spoken in Ecuador.
• The community is currently facing issues of territorial loss, environmental degradation, oil drilling expansion.

to participate and advise on the socio-economic development of the socially and educationally backward classes and to evaluate the progress of their development under the Union and any State;

to present to the President, annually and at such other times as the Commission may deem fit, reports upon the working of those safeguards;

to make in such reports recommendations as to the measures that should be taken by the Union or any State for the effective implementation of those safeguards and other measures for the protection, welfare, and socio-economic development of the socially and educationally backward classes;

to discharge such other functions in relation to the protection, welfare, and development and advancement of the socially and educationally backward classes as the President may, subject to the provisions of any law made by Parliament, by rule specify

The President shall cause all such reports to be laid before each House of Parliament along with a memorandum explaining the action taken or proposed to be taken on the recommendations relating to the Union and the reasons for the non-acceptance, if any, of any of such recommendations.

Powers:

While inquiring into any complaint, it will have all the powers of a civil court (it will be able to summon any person, ask for a document, and receive evidence on affidavits).

The Union and every State Government shall consult the Commission on all major policy matters affecting the socially and educationally backward classes.

The Commission shall have the power to regulate its own procedures.