Lok Sabha Question No. 564 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-06
Subject: ST List of Assam
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Abdul Khaleque

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 564

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 06/02/2023

## ST LIST OF ASSAM

## 564. SHRI ABDUL KHALEQUE :

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the number of communities included in Scheduled Tribe list over the last three years across the country;

(b)  the  details  of  the  status  of  the  commitment  made  by  the  Government  to  include  Koch Rajbanshi and five other communities from Assam in the Scheduled Tribes;

(c)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  demand  for  inclusion  in  Scheduled  Tribe  list  by Desi, Goria, Moria and Kalita and Pangals of Manipur; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU)

(a): The details of the number of communities included in Scheduled Tribe list over the last three years across the country is at ANNEXURE .

(b): The  Government  of  India  on  15.6.1999  (further  amended  on  25.6.2002  and  on 14.09.2022) 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 action on the proposal is taken as per these approved modalities.

(c)  to  (d): As  per  these  approved  modalities  indicated  above,  the  recommendation  of  the concerned State Government is pre-requisite to process the case further.

## ANNEXURE STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 564 FOR ANSWER ON 06.02.2023 REGARDING ST LIST OF ASSAM.

List of Communities included in Scheduled Tribes list over the last three years across the country.

|   Sl. No. | Name of order/Act                                                                                     | Date of Notification   | Name of States / UTs for which applicable (as amended)   | Communities included                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment ) Act, 2020 (No. 4 of                            | 19.3.2020              | Karnataka                                                | following changes were made in ST list of Karnataka: (a) in entry 38, for the words "Naikda, Nayaka", the words and brackets "Naikda, Nayaka (including Parivara and Talawara)" shall be substituted; (b) in entry 50, for the brackets and words "(in Uttar Kannada district)", the brackets and words "(in Belagavi, Dharwad and Uttar Kannada districts)" shall be substituted.                                                                                                                       |
|         2 | 2020) The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment ) Act, 2021 (No. 32 of 2021)               | 13.8.2021              | Arunachal Pradesh                                        | Following amendments in the list of STs of Arunachal Pradesh were made. . omission of 'Abor' in entry 1, as it is the same as 'Adi' in entry 16'; . substitution of 'Khampti' at entry 6 by 'Tai Khamti' . substitution of 'Mishmi, Idu, Taroan' at entry 8 by 'Mishmi-Kaman (Miju Mishmi), Idu (Mishmi) and Taraon (Digaru Mishmi); . substitution of 'Momba' at entry 9 by 'Monpa, Memba, Sartang, Sajolang (Miji); . substitution of 'Any Naga tribes' at entry 10 by 'Nocte, Tangsa, Tutsa, Wancho'. |
|         3 | The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment ) Act, 2022 (No. 8 of 2022) | 8.4.2022               | Jharkhand                                                | . Omitting Bhogta listed at Sl. No. 3 in the list of Scheduled Castes. . Inclusion of Puran as new entry in the list of Scheduled Tribes; and . Inclusion of Bhogta, Deshwari, Ganjhu, Dautalbandi (Dwalbandi), Patbandi, Raut, Maajhia, Khairi (Kheri) as synonyms to Kharwar, entry at Sl. No. 16 in the list of STs. . Inclusion of Tamaria/Tamadia as synonym to 'Munda' at Sl. No. 24 in the list of Scheduled Tribes.                                                                              |

|   4. | The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment ) Act, 2022 (No. 9 of 2022)                             | 18.4.2022   | Tripura       | Darlong' as sub-tribe of 'Kuki' in entry 9 in the list of Scheduled Tribes of the State of Tripura                                           |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    5 | The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Act, 2022 (No. 20 of 2022) | 24.12.2022  | Uttar Pradesh | Gond, Dhuria, Nayak, Ojha, Pathari, Rajgond in the districts of Sant Kabirnagar Kushinagar, Chandauli and Bhadohi districts of Uttar Pradesh |
|    6 | The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Act, 2022 (No. 1 of                             | 3.1.2023    | Tamil Nadu    | Narikorivan alongwith Kurivikkaran                                                                                                           |
|    7 | The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Fourth Amendment) Act, 2022 (No. 2 of 2023)                       | 3.1.2023    | Karnataka     | Betta-Kuruba' community as synonym of 'Kadu Kuruba' at Sl. No. 16 in the list of STs of Karnataka                                            |

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