Lok Sabha Question No. 542 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-06
Subject: Inclusion in SC/OBC List
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: RAVINDRA VISHWANATH GAIKWAD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †542 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2018

## INCLUSION IN SC/OBC LIST

## †542. PROF. RAVINDRA VISHWANATH GAIKWAD:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether it  is a  fact that the Government has received proposals from various States of the country  to  accord  the  status  of  Scheduled  Castes  (SCs)/Other  Backward  Classes  to  various communities and several proposals in this regard are pending;

- (b) if so, the details thereof, Caste and State-wise; and
- (c)  the  number  of  proposals  which  have  been  approved,  out  of  the  said  proposals,  Caste  and State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI VIJAY SAMPLA)

(a), (b) &(c): Inclusion of castes /communities in the list of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Central List  of  Other  Backward  Classes  (OBCs)  is  a  continuous  process.  State-wise  and  community wise details of proposals for inclusion in the list of SCs pending with the Government are in the annexure. In respect of OBCs, no such proposal is pending.

The  list  of  SCs  was  last  modified  vide  the  Constitution  (Scheduled  Castes)  Orders (Amendment)  Act,  2017  so  as  to  include  Sualgiri,  Swalgiri  community  in  the  list  of  SCs  of Odisha.  The  last  inclusion  in  the  Central  List  of  OBCs,  was  made  vide  notification  dated 07.12.2016.  The  State-wise  details  of  castes  and  communities  included  through  the  aforesaid notification are at annexure.

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Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 542  for  06.02.2018  by  Prof.  Ravindra  Vishwanath  Gaikwad  regarding  inclusion  in SC/OBC list

- (a) State  and  community  -wise  details  of  proposals  for  inclusion  in  the  list  of  Scheduled Castes pending with the Government

| State              | Caste/Community                                          |
|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.Uttar Pradesh    | Namasudra, Poundra, Pond etc.( Bengali refugees)         |
| 2.Chhattisgarh     | 1.Chik, Cheek, 2.Dangchagha, Dangchagaha, Nat Dangchagha |
| 3.Madhya Pradesh   | Sakhwar                                                  |
| 4.Himachal Pradesh | Tarkhan, Dhiman, Barhai, Thawin, Kangere, Chitere        |
| 5.Bihar            | Rajdhobi                                                 |
| 6.Telengana        | Are- Katika /Katika                                      |

(b) State and community -wise details of caste and communities included in the Central List of OBCs vide notification dated 07.12.2016

| State              | Caste/community                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|--------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.Bihar            | 1. Chhipi, 2.Itfarosh/Itafarosh/ Gadheri                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 2.Jharkhand        | 1. Bagti, 2. Late, 3.Kunai, 4.Pushpanamit, 5.Jhora,6.Laxmi Narayan Gola                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 3.Madhya Pradesh   | 1. Rajak, 2.Otari, Kaser, 3.Sai, Shah, Kabra Khodu, 4.Kankar, 5. Panka (except in districts of Chhatrpur,Panna, Rewa, Satna, Shahdol, Umaria, Sidhi, Tikamgarh and Sevda and Datia Tehsils of Datia district, where it is included in Scheduled Tribes list),6.Shishgar, 7.Rajgir, 8. Dafali, 9.Sikligar, 10. Nakkal, 11.Rajjad,Rajjhad |
| 4. Maharashtra     | Mhali                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 5.Uttarakhand      | 1. Dhiman, 2.Rajbhar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 6. Jammu & Kashmir | 1. Labana, 2.Sheer-Gojries                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |