Lok Sabha Question No. 3239 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-20
Subject: Inclusion of various Castes in ST List in Chhattisgarh
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Chintamani Maharaj

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3239

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.03.2025

## INCLUSION OF VARIOUS CASTES IN ST LIST IN CHHATTISGARH

## 3239. SHRI CHINTAMANI MAHARAJ:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Union Government has received any proposal from the State Government of Chhattisgarh to include various castes in the list of Scheduled Tribes (ST) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the reasons for the pendency of the said proposal received from the said State Government;
- (c) whether any time-limit has been fixed to dispose of such proposals and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of the obstacles being faced in the upliftment of the proposed castes due to the long pendency of the said proposals along with the factual position thereon?

## ANSWER

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

(a) Statement indicating details of the proposals received from the Government of Chhattisgarh is at Annexure .

(b) to (d): 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.

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Annexure referred to in para(a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3239 for 20.03.2025.

|   Sl No. | Name of community on which proposals are received for inclusion/modifications in the Scheduled Tribes list of Chhattisgarh.     |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Saura, Sahara, Saora, Soura as synonyms of Sawar, Sawara                                                                        |
|        2 | Bhuyya, Bhiyan communities as synonym of 'Bharia Bhumia'                                                                        |
|        3 | Sabria                                                                                                                          |
|        4 | Rautia                                                                                                                          |
|        5 | Parganiha, Pardhan                                                                                                              |
|        6 | Dhuri, Dhoori                                                                                                                   |
|        7 | Banjara, Nayak                                                                                                                  |
|        8 | Amnit, Amneet as sub-caste of Bhattara                                                                                          |
|        9 | Nagawanshi (change/modification in Hindi version)                                                                               |
|       10 | Kherwar, Khairwar along with Kharwar                                                                                            |
|       11 | Majhwar (inclusion of variant Devnagari version)                                                                                |
|       12 | Tanwar Chhatri (removal of comma between Tanwar and Chhatri) and replacing तनवर with तंवरछत्री , तं वरक्षत्री , तवरछत्री , तंवर |
|       13 | Parhia                                                                                                                          |
|       14 | Dhimar, Kewat, Kahar and Mallah                                                                                                 |
|       15 | Bhuinhar (inclusion of Devanagari variant)                                                                                      |
|       16 | KODA as synonyms of Oraon, Dhanka, Dhangad in ST list                                                                           |
|       17 | Birjia alongwith Binjhwar                                                                                                       |
|       18 | Rajwar                                                                                                                          |
|       19 | सोनझररया , सोनझरा and सोनझरी castes along with सोन्झारी , sub-group of Gond                                                     |
|       20 | Dhangar                                                                                                                         |
|       21 | पबिया , पबवया , पवीया (Pabia, Pabiya) with PAO                                                                                  |
|       22 | संसारी उरांव , सन्सारी उरांव , सनसारी उरांव (Sansari Oraon) with Oraon, Dhanka, Dhangad                                         |
|       23 | Proposal for correction in the Hindi version from मांझी to माझी                                                                 |

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## Annexure