Lok Sabha Question No. 305 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-15
Subject: Disparities in the Names of STs
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Arun Sao

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. † *305

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.07.2019

## DISPARITIES IN THE NAMES OF STS

## *305. SHRI ARUN SAO :

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to State:

- (a) whether the Government has noticed certain disparities in the names of Scheduled Tribes (STs) recorded in the list of STs;
- (b)    whether  due  to  such  disparities  in  Chhattisgarh,  the  Banjara,  Nayak,  Mahra, Pathari, Dhanuher, Bhuiya, Bhuiyan, Bhuyan, Bhuyya and Bhiyan, Dhimar, Kewat, Kahar and Mallah, Nagvashi and other tribes having phonetic variations in their names  like  kherwal,  pando,  bherai,    Tanwar  Chattri,  Paragniha,  Pradhan,    etc. tribal castes are deprived of the benefits of STs merely because of a spelling  and phonetic difference.
- (c ) if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise:
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  received  any  proposals  from  various  States/  UTs including  Chhattisgarh  in  this  regard  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current year and if so, the details of such proposals received by the Government during the said period : and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to remove the said disparities?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI ARJUN MUNDA)

- (a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement referred to in reply to Part (a) & (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.*305 for answer on 15.7.2019 regarding 'Disparities in the Names of STs'

- (a)  ,  (b) & (e): The Government of India on 15.6.1999 (further amended on 25.6.2002), has  laid  down  the  modalities  for  determining  the  claims  for  inclusion  in,  exclusion from  and  other  modifications  in  the  Orders  specifying  list  of  Scheduled  Tribes. According to these modalities, only those proposal which have been recommended and justified by the concerned State Government/ Union Territory Administration and concurred with by the Registrar General of India (RGI) and the National Commission for  Scheduled  Tribes  are  to  be  considered  for  amendment  of  legislation.  The Proposals  received  from  the  concerned  State/UT  Governments  for  inclusion  in, exclusion  from  and  other  modifications  in  the  Orders  specifying  list  of  Scheduled Tribes are processed as per the extant modalities.
- (c) &  (d):  A  Statement  indicating  State/UT  wise  number  of  proposals  including Chhattisgarh for inclusion of communities in the list of Scheduled Tribes, received in the last three years and the current year (2017-2019) is at Annexure-I.

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ANNEXURE-I Details regarding number of proposals received and under process for   inclusion of vari ous communities in the list of STs. till 30.06.2019

|   S.No. | States / UTs      |   Number of Proposals |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                     3 |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                     2 |
|       3 | Assam             |                     4 |
|       4 | Bihar             |                     3 |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh      |                    28 |
|       6 | Goa               |                     1 |
|       7 | Himachal Pradesh  |                     1 |
|       8 | Jammu & Kashmir   |                     2 |
|       9 | Jharkhand         |                    10 |
|      10 | Karnataka         |                     9 |
|      11 | Kerala            |                     3 |
|      12 | Madhya Pradesh    |                     8 |
|      13 | Manipur           |                     1 |
|      14 | Odisha            |                    21 |
|      15 | Punjab            |                     1 |
|      16 | Sikkim            |                     1 |
|      17 | Tamil Nadu        |                     8 |
|      18 | Tripura           |                     1 |
|      19 | Uttarakhand       |                     1 |
|      20 | Uttar Pradesh     |                     3 |
|      21 | West Bengal       |                     3 |
|      22 | Puducherry        |                     1 |

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