Lok Sabha Question No. 2154 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-24
Subject: Recognition as Scheduled Tribes
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: M. CHANDRAKASI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2154

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.12.2018

## RECOGNITION AS SCHEDULED TRIBES

## 2154. SHRI M. CHANDRAKASI:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of percentage of tribal population as against total population as on date State/UT-wise;
- (b) the list of communities which have been accorded tribal status during the last ten years;
- (c) the details of pending applications received from different States/UTs for recognition as Scheduled Tribes and the action taken thereon; and
- (d) whether the Government would consider to put an end for raising demands seeking tribal status in future and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI JASWANTSINH BHABHOR)

- (a):  As  per  latest  Census  conducted in  2011, the details of percentage of tribal population as against total population, State/UT wise are given at Annexure.
- (b): The list of communities which have been accorded tribal status during the last ten years are as under:

|   Sl.No. | States            | Scheduled Tribes                                                |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|       01 | Manipur           | Kabui, Inpui, Rongmei                                           |
|       01 | Manipur           | Kacha Naga, Liangmai, Zeme                                      |
|       01 | Manipur           | Koirao, Thangal                                                 |
|       01 | Manipur           | Mate                                                            |
|       02 | Arunachal Pradesh | Galo                                                            |
|       03 | Karnataka         | Medara                                                          |
|       04 | Kerala            | Marati(of the Hosdurg and Kasargod Taluks of Kasargod District) |
|       05 | Chhattisgarh      | Abhuj Maria                                                     |
|       05 | Chhattisgarh      | Hill Korwa                                                      |
|       06 | Puducherry        | Irular(including Villi and Vettaikaran)                         |

(c): The details of proposals received from the States/UTs for inclusion of various communities in the list of Scheduled Tribes are as under:

|   S.No. | States / UTs      | Number of Proposals   |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh    | 3                     |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 2                     |
|       3 | Assam             | 8                     |
|       4 | Bihar             | 3                     |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh      | 27                    |
|       6 | Goa               | 1                     |
|       7 | Jammu &Kashmir    | 2                     |
|       8 | Jharkhand         | 9                     |
|       9 | Karnataka         | 9                     |
|      10 | Kerala            | 3                     |
|      11 | Madhya Pradesh    | 8                     |
|      12 | Manipur           | 1                     |
|      13 | Odisha            | 19 (28 Communities)   |
|      14 | Punjab            | 1                     |
|      15 | Sikkim            | 1                     |
|      16 | Tamil Nadu        | 8                     |
|      17 | Tripura           | 1                     |
|      18 | Uttarakhand       | 1                     |
|      19 | Uttar Pradesh     | 2                     |
|      20 | West Bengal       | 3                     |
|      21 | Puducherry        | 1                     |

The Government of India on 15.6.1999 (further amended on 25.6.2002) has laid down the modalities for deciding the claims for inclusion in, exclusion from and  other modifications in Orders specifying Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes lists. As per the modalities, only those proposals which have been recommended and justified by the concerned State Government / UT Administration and concurred with by Registrar General of India (RGI) and National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) are to be considered and legislation amended.

All  actions  on  the  proposals  received  from  State  Government/UTs  for  inclusion  on  exclusion  of communities in the list of Scheduled Tribes are taken as per approved modalities.

(d): There is no such proposal with this Ministry.

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Annexure: Referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No. 2154 for 24.12.2018 regarding 'Recognition as Scheduled Tribes'.

## State / UT wise percentage of Scheduled Tribes (STs) to total population.

|   S. No | State / UT                |   % ST population to total population |
|---------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh            |                                   5.3 |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh         |                                  68.8 |
|       3 | Assam                     |                                  12.4 |
|       4 | Bihar                     |                                   1.3 |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh              |                                  30.6 |
|       6 | Goa                       |                                  10.2 |
|       7 | Gujarat                   |                                  14.8 |
|       8 | Himachal Pradesh          |                                   5.7 |
|       9 | Jammu &Kashmir            |                                  11.9 |
|      10 | Jharkhand                 |                                  26.2 |
|      11 | Karnataka                 |                                   7   |
|      12 | Kerala                    |                                   1.5 |
|      13 | Madhya Pradesh            |                                  21.1 |
|      14 | Maharashtra               |                                   9.4 |
|      15 | Manipur                   |                                  40.9 |
|      16 | Meghalaya                 |                                  86.1 |
|      17 | Mizoram                   |                                  94.4 |
|      18 | Nagaland                  |                                  86.5 |
|      19 | Odisha                    |                                  22.8 |
|      20 | Rajasthan                 |                                  13.5 |
|      21 | Sikkim                    |                                  33.8 |
|      22 | Tamil Nadu                |                                   1.1 |
|      23 | Telangana                 |                                   9.3 |
|      24 | Tripura                   |                                  31.8 |
|      25 | Uttarakhand               |                                   2.9 |
|      26 | Uttar Pradesh             |                                   0.6 |
|      27 | West Bengal               |                                   5.8 |
|      28 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                                   7.5 |
|      29 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |                                  52   |
|      30 | Daman &Diu.               |                                   6.3 |
|      31 | Lakshadweep               |                                  94.8 |

Source: Census 2011, Office of the Registrar General, India No notified Scheduled Tribes (as in 2011), in Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, Delhi and Puducherry.

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