Lok Sabha Question No. 204 (STARRED), answered on 2022-08-01
Subject: Inclusion of Dhangar Community in ST List
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO- *204

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 01/08/2022

## INCLUSION OF DHANGAR COMMUNITY IN ST LIST

## *204.  SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:-

- (a) the details of the States in which Dhangar community is included in the Scheduled Tribes list as on date;
- (b) whether Maharashtra is also among such States;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government has received any request from the public representatives to include of Dhangar community in the list of Scheduled Tribes, if so the details thereof including the dates on which these have been received; and
- (e) the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## 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) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *204 for answer on 01.08.2022 regarding Inclusion of Dhangar Community in ST list

Dhangar  community  is  not  included  in  the  Scheduled  Tribe  list  of  Maharashtra.  However, Dhangar community is included in the lists of Scheduled Tribes of Bihar at Sl. No. 26 as 'Oraon, Dhangar (Oraon)', Jharkhand at Sl. No. 25 as 'Oraon, Dhangar (Oraon)' and Odisha at Sl. No. 53 as 'Oraon, Dhangar, Uran'.

The  Government  of  India  on  15.6.1999,  and  further  amended  on  25.6.2002,  has  approved  the modalities for deciding the claims for inclusion in, exclusion from and other modifications in the Orders specifying lists of Scheduled Tribes. According to these modalities, only those proposals which  have  been  recommended  and  justified  by  the  State  Government/UT  Administration concerned,  can  be  processed  further.  Thereafter,  it  has  to  be  concurred  with  by  the  Registrar General  of  India  (RGI)  and  the  National  Commission  for  Scheduled  Tribes  (NCST)  for consideration  for  amendment  of  legislation.  All  actions  are  taken  as  per  these  approved modalities.

The  Government  has  received  representations  to  include  of  Dhangar  community  in  the  list  of Scheduled  Tribes.  All  representations  received  in  this  regard  have  been  forwarded  to  State Government  of  Maharashtra  as  recommendation  of  State  Government  is  a  pre-requisite  for processing further as per extant modalities. Details of representations received since 1.1.2021 is annexed .

## Annexure

|   Sl. No. | Details of the representation                                   | Action Taken                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Representation of Shri Kisave A.V. dated 28.01.2021             | Identical representation received vide letter dated 16.11.2020, same was forwarded to State Govt. of Maharashtra vide this Ministry's letter dated 2.2.2021.                                                                                                                             |
|         2 | Representation of Shri Kisave A.V. dated 04.02.2021             | Identical representation received vide letter dated 16.11.2020, same was forwarded to State Govt. of Maharashtra vide this Ministry's letter dated 2.2.2021. Since an identical representation had been forwarded to the State Government two days earlier, no action was taken on this. |
|         3 | Representation of Shri Kisave A.V. dated 31.08.2021             | Forwarded to State Govt. of Maharashtra vide letter dated 06.10.2021                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|         4 | Representation of Shri Kisave A.V. dated 10.08.2021             | Same as above                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|         5 | Representation of Shri Kisave A.V. dated 28.07.2021             | Same as above                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|         6 | Representation of Shri Kisave A.V. dated 25.08.2021             | Same as above                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|         7 | Representation of Shri Kisave A.V. dated 09.08.2021             | Same as above                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|         8 | Representation of Shri GunderaoShivramBansode dated 25.08.2021  | Same as above                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|         9 | Representation of Shri Kisave A.V. dated 25.08.2021             | Same as above                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|        10 | An anonymous representation dated nil.                          | Same as above                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|        11 | Representation of Shri Kisave A.V. dated 16.08.2021             | Forwarded to State Govt. of Maharashtra vide letter dated 28.10.2021                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|        12 | Representation of Shri GunderaoShivramBansode dated 05.10.2021  | Same as above                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|        13 | Representation of Shri GunderaoShivramBansode dated 27.09.2021  | Same as above                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|        14 | Representation of Shri Kisave A.V. dated 18.10.2021             | Forwarded to State Govt. of Maharashtra vide letter dated 17.01.2022.                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|        15 | Representation of Shri PrahladSidam and Others dated 05.05.2022 | Forwarded to State Govt. of Maharashtra vide letter dated 27.06.22.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |