Lok Sabha Question No. 2889 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-12
Subject: Inclusion of Communities in ST List
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Rajkumar Roat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-† 2889

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 12/12/2024

## INCLUSION OF COMMUNITIES IN ST LIST

## †2889. SHRI RAJKUMAR ROAT:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details and number of the tribal communities added in the list of Scheduled Tribes (ST) during the last five years, State and community name-wise;
- (b) the population of the newly added tribal communities, State and community name-wise; and
- (c) the details of the proposals received and under-consideration of the Government for inclusion of tribal communities in the list of ST, State and community name-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI DURGADAS UIKEY)

(a): The list of the tribal communities added in the list of Scheduled Tribes (ST) in the last five years is as per the annexure .

(b): The Office of the Registrar General of India has informed that 'The newly added communities in the SCs/STs lists of all States/UTs till the freezing date of 2011 Census operation have been enumerated in 2011 Census. As per Census 2011, details of the individual ST population of all States and Union Territories are available  at  the  Census  of  India  website  www.censusindia.gov.in  in  the  table  A-11:  State  primary  census abstract  (PCA)  for  individual  scheduled  tribes.  The  table  can  be  accessed  by  the  following  process. http://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables  →  Census  year  2011  →  Table:  A-11:  State primary census abstract (PCA) for individual scheduled tribes (there will be separate tables for all States/Union Territories).'

(c): The Government of India on 15.6.1999 (further amended on 25.6.2002 and 14.9.2022) 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 proposals is taken as per these approved modalities.

The proposals for inclusion in the list of Scheduled Tribes of a State or Union Territory follow certain processes as per the modalities. This is a continuous process. Proposals received from the State Government should be accompanied by an ethnographic report. The proposals are examined by the Office of the RGI and then  by  the  NCST.  In  case  the  proposal  is  not  recommended  by  the  RGI,  the  State  Governments  are communicated the points raised by the RGI, so that additional information, if any, maybe furnished by the State Government. Many such proposals may therefore remain under examination at different levels.

## Annexure as referred  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstrarred  Question  Number  †2889  for  answer  on 12.12.2024

The list of tribal communities added in the list of Scheduled Tribes (ST) during the last five years is as follows:

|   Sl. No. | Nameof order/Act                                                                 | Date of Notification   | Name of States / UTs for which applicable   | Communities included                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Act, 2020 (No. 4 of 2020)  | 19.3.2020              | Karnataka                                   | Inclusion of communities, namely (i) 'Parivara' and 'Talawara' at Sl. No.38 as Synonyms of 'Nayaka' and (ii) 'Siddi' community of Dharwad and Belagavi districts along with existing 'Siddi' community of Uttar Kannadadistrict at Sl. No. 50 in the list of Scheduled Tribes of       |
|         2 | The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Act, 2021 (No. 32 of 2021) | 13.8.2021              | ArunachalPradesh                            | Following amendments in the list of STs of Arunachal Pradesh were made. (i) omission of 'Abor' from entry no. 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' atentry 9 by 'Monpa, Memba, Sartang, Sajolang (Miji); substitution of 'Any Naga tribes' at entry 10 by 'Nocte,Tangsa, Tutsa, Wancho'.                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  3 | The Constitutio n (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Act, 2022 (No. 8 of 2022) | 8.4.2022   | Jharkhand     | (i) Omitting Bhogta listed at Sl.No.3 in the list of Scheduled Castes. (ii) Inclusion of Puran as new entry in the list of Scheduled Tribes; and (iii) Inclusion of Bhogta, Deshwari, Ganjhu, Dautalbandi (Dwalbandi), Patbandi, Raut, Maajhia, Khairi (Kheri) as synonyms to Kharwar, entry at S.N.16 in the list of STs. (iv) Inclusion of Tamaria/Tamadia as synonym to 'Munda' at S.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 Constitutio n (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second                               | 24.12.2022 | Uttar Pradesh | Gond, Dhuria, Nayak, Ojha, Pathari, Rajgond in the districts of Sant Kabirnagar Kushinagar,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |

|    | Amendment) Act, 2022 (No. 20 of 2022)                                                  |          |              | Chandauli and Bhadohi districts of Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|--------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  6 | The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) ACT, 2022(No. 1 OF 2023)  | 3.1.2023 | Tamil Nadu   | Inclusion of 'Narikoravan' alongwith 'Kurivikkaran' at entry no. 37 of the STs list of Tamil Nadu.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|  7 | The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Fourth Amendment) ACT, 2022 (No. 2 OF 2023) | 3.1.2023 | Karnataka    | 'Betta-Kuruba' community as a synonym of 'Kadu Kuruba' at entry no. 16 in the list of STs of Karnataka                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|  8 | The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Act, 2023 (No. 13 of 2023)       | 4.8.2023 | Chhattisgarh | (i). Bhuinya ( भुईंया ), Bhuiyan ( भूईयाँ ), Bhuyan ( भूयां ) as synonyms of Bharia Bhumia ( भाįरया भूिमया ) at entry No.5 (ii). Correction of भाįरया (Bharia) as भįरया (Bharia) without changing its English version, namely Bharia at entry No. 5 (iii). Pando ( पǷो ), Pando ( पȵो ), Pando ( पंडो ) at entry No.5 (iv). Dhanuhar ( धनुहार ), Dhanuwar ( धनुवार ) as synonyms of Dhanwar ( धनवार ) at entry No.14 (v). गदबा (Gadba, Gadaba) at entry No. 15 in Scheduled Tribe list without change in English version (vi). Gond ( गोंड़ ) and Gond ( गोंड ) at entry |

|    |                                                                                         |            |                 | No. 16. (vii). Kond ( कोंद ) along with Kondh ( कोंध ) at entry No. 23 (viii). Kodaku ( कोड़ाक ) along with Kodaku ( कोडाक ) as a variant Devanagari version of Kodaku at entry.No. 27 (ix). Kisan ( िकसान ) as synonym of Nagesia ( नगेिसया ), Nagasia ( नागािसया ) at entry No.32 (x). Rectification of ' धनगढ़ ' (Dhangad) in Hindi version notifiedat entry No.33 by substitution with ' धांगड़ ' (Dhangad), without change in English version (xi). Saunra ( सौंरा ), Saonra ( संवरा ) as synonyms of Sawar ( सवर ), Sawara ( सवरा ) at entry No.41 (xii). 'Binjhia ( िबंिझया )' at entry No.43   |
|----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  9 | The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Act, 2023 (No. 14 of 2023) | 4.8.2023   | HimachalPradesh | Hattee of Trans Giri area of Sirmour district at entry no. 11 of thelist of STs of Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 10 | The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Order                          | 15.02.2024 | Odisha          | It may be noted that the following changes/inclusions will                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |

| (Amendment) Act, 2024 (No. 6 of 2024) and Corrigendum dated   | be made in list of Scheduled Tribes of Odisha: - (i) Pauri Bhuyan,   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|    |                                     |            |                | (viii) Kaur, Kunwar, Kaonr/Kuanr/Konwar/K uanar. Kaanr/Koanr/ Kuanwar as sysnonym of ST 'Kawar, Kanwar' at Sl. No. 28 (ix) Kui (Kandha) as a new sub-entry under the ST Khond and Kandha Kumbhar community as a subset of Kandha Scheduled Tribe at Sl. No. 31 (x) Uram/Oram, Uraon/Dhangara amd Oraon Mudi Communities as synonyms of Oraon listed at Sl. No. 53. (xi) Bareng Jhodia Paroja, Penga Paroja, Pengu Paroja, Porja, Selia Paroja, as synonym of ST Paroja at Sl. No. 55. (xii) Rajual/Rajuad as synonym of ST Rajuar at Sl. No. 57. (xiii) Saara as synonym under Saora, Savar, Saura, Sahara, etc at Sl. No. 59 (xiv) Muka Dora, Mooka Dora, Nuka Dora, Nooka Dora with area restriction (in undivided Koraput District i.e., Koraput, Nowrangapur, Rayagada & Malkangiri districts). at Sl. No. 63 (xv) Konda Reddy /   |
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| 11 | The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) | 15.02.2024 | Andhra Pradesh | It may be noted that the following changes/inclusions will                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |

|    | Orders (Amendment) Act, 2024 (No. 7 of 2024)                                                      |            |                   | be made in list of Scheduled Tribes of Andhra Pradesh: - (a) 'Bondo Porja' and 'Khond Porja' (who are Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) at entry 25 in the ST list of Andhra Pradesh.) (b) 'Konda Savaras' (who are Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) at entry 28 in the ST list of Andhra Pradesh)   |
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| 12 | The Constitution (Jammu And Kashmir) Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment) Act, 2024 (No. 3 of 2024) | 12.02.2024 | Jammu and Kashmir | Pahari Ethnic Group, Paddari Tribe, Koli, and Gadda Brahmin                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

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