Lok Sabha Question No. 55 (STARRED), answered on 2024-07-25
Subject: Inclusion of Kadugolla/Hattigolla/Adavigolla Community into Central List of Scheduled Tribes
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Govind Makthappa Karjol

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO*55

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 25/07/2024

## INCLUSION  OF  KADUGOLLA/HATTIGOLLA/ADAVIGOLLA  COMMUNITY  INTO CENTRAL LIST OF SCHEDULED TRIBES

## *55 SHRI GOVIND MAKTHAPPA KARJOL:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government has received recommendation from the State Government of Karnataka for inclusion of Kadugolla/Hattigolla/Adavigolla communities into the central list of Scheduled Tribes;

- (b) if so, the details thereof;

- (c) whether the Government held meetings/consultations with the State Government in this regard;

- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

- (e) the steps/measures taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI JUAL ORAM)

- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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Statement referred to in reply to Part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *55 for answer on 25.07.2024 regarding Inclusion of Kadugolla/Hattigolla/ Adavigolla Community into Central List of Scheduled Tribes

- (a)  to  (e):  Yes  Sir,  proposal  from  the  State  Government  of  Karnataka  for  inclusion  of Kadugolla/Hattigolla/Adavigolla communities in the list of Scheduled Tribes of Karnataka was received in 2015.   The modalities for inclusion of Kadugolla/Hattigolla/Adavigolla community have been followed as per laid procedure given as under.
- (i).   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.
- (ii).  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.
- (iii).  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,,which  is  a continuous process

The proposal of the State Government of Karnataka for inclusion of Kadugolla/Hattigolla/Adavigolla communities in the list of Scheduled Tribes of Karnataka has not been supported by RGI. There have been several correspondences between Ministry of Tribal Affairs  and  the  State  Government.   The  observations  of  the  RGI conveyed  to  the  Ministry  in February 2017, February 2019 and September 2022 and Feb 2024 for not supporting the proposal have been conveyed to the State Government.

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