Lok Sabha Question No. 3121 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-20
Subject: Gond Community into ST List
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED NO- †3121 TO BE ANSWERED ON- 20/03/2023

## GOND COMMUNITY INTO ST LIST

## †3121. SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the State-wise number of communities which have been granted ST status during the last nine years and the time by which the said demand were being raised;

(b) the State-wise details of the population of different tribes across the country;

(c) the time by which Gond community is likely to get ST status in the remaining districts of Uttar Pradesh as the said status has already been awarded to the said community in 17 districts of Uttar Pradesh; and

(d)  whether  many  ST  communities  are  working  on  their  script  so  as  to  get  recognition  from  the Government?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The  State-wise  list  of  communities  which  have  been  granted  ST  status  in  the  last  9  years  is  given at Annexure I .

(b): State-wise details of population of different STs (as per 2011 census) is also available in the table "A11:  State  primary  census  abstract  (PCA)  for  individual  scheduled  tribes"  of  Census  website  in  the  link (https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables#).

(c): The Government of India on 15.6.1999 (further amended on 25.6.2002 and 14.9.2022) 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, along with ethnographic details 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) before being considered for amendment legislation. All actions are taken as per these approved modalities.

(d): Ministry of Tribal Affairs provides grants to State Tribal Research Institutes under the Support to Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) scheme for promotion of tribal languages and development of bilingual primers for  preservation  of  tribal  languages.  Further,  Government  also  provides  financial  assistance  under  the component "Financial Assistance for support to Centres of Excellence" under the Scheme "Tribal Research Information,  Education,  Communication  and  Events  (TRI-ECE)"  for inter  alia the  promotion  of  tribal literature to State Governments, Tribal Research Institutes  and reputed Institutions and for organization of literary  festivals,  publication  of  books  written  by  tribal  writers/  authors,  translation works  and  literature competitions including carrying out research study programmes including documentation of tribal languages.

## Annexure- I Annexure I referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.  †3121 to be answered on 20.03.2023

List of Communities which have been granted ST Status in the last 9 years:

|   Sl. No. | Communities included                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Name of States / UTs for which applicable   | Name of order/Act                                                                                    | Date of Notification   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|         1 | Irular (including Villi and Vettaikaran)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Puducherry                                  | The Constitution (Puducherry) Scheduled Tribes Order, 2016                                           | 22.12.2016             |
|         2 | (i) 'Parivara' and 'Talawara' at Sl. No. 38 as Synonyms of 'Nayaka', and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Karnataka                                   | The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Act, 2020 (No. 4 of 2020)                      | 19.03.2020             |
|         2 | (ii) 'Siddi' community of Dharwad and Belagavi districts along with existing 'Siddi' community of Uttar Kannada District at Sl. No. 50 in the list of Scheduled Tribes of Karnataka                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Karnataka                                   | The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Act, 2020 (No. 4 of 2020)                      | 19.03.2020             |
|         3 | (i) Omission of 'Abor' in entry 1, as it is the same as 'Adi' in entry 16'; (ii) Substitution of 'Khampti' at entry 6 by 'Tai Khamti' (iii) substitution of 'Mishmi, Idu, Taroan' at entry 8 by 'Mishmi-Kaman (Miju Mishmi), Idu (Mishmi) and Taraon (Digaru Mishmi); (iv) substitution of 'Momba' at entry 9 by 'Monpa, Memba, Sartang, Sajolang (Miji); (v) substitution of 'Any Naga tribes' at entry 10 by 'Nocte, Tangsa, Tutsa, Wancho'. | Arunachal Pradesh                           | The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Act, 2021 (No. 32 of 2021)                     | 13.08.2021             |
|         4 | (i) Inclusion of Puran as new entry in the list of Scheduled Tribes; and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Jharkhand                                   | The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Act, 2022 (No. 8 of 2022) | 08.04.2022             |
|         4 | (ii) 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.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Jharkhand                                   | The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Act, 2022 (No. 8 of 2022) | 08.04.2022             |
|         4 | (iii) Inclusion of Tamaria/ Tamadia as synonym to 'Munda' at Sl. No. 24 in the list of Scheduled Tribes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Jharkhand                                   | The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Act, 2022 (No. 8 of 2022) | 08.04.2022             |

|   5. | Darlong' as sub-tribe of 'Kuki' in entry 9 in the list of Scheduled Tribes of the State of Tripura                                            | Tripura       | The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Act, 2022 (No. 9 of 2022)                              | 18.4.2022   |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|    6 | Gond, Dhuria, Nayak, Ojha, Pathari, Rajgond in the districts of Sant Kabirnagar, Kushinagar, Chandauli and Bhadohi Districts of Uttar Pradesh | Uttar Pradesh | The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Act, 2022 (No. 20 of 2022) | 24.12.2022  |
|    7 | Narikoravan along with Kurivikkaran                                                                                                           | Tamil Nadu    | The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Act, 2022 (No. 1 of 2023)                       | 03.01.2023  |
|    8 | Betta-Kuruba' community as synonym of 'Kadu Kuruba' at Sl. No. 16 in the list of STs of Karnataka                                             | Karnataka     | The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Fourth Amendment) Act, 2022 (No. 2 of 2023)                       | 03.01.2023  |

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