Lok Sabha Question No. 2349 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-09
Subject: Inclusion in ST List
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: KAMLA DEVI PATLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS) LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. † 2349 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.05.2016

## INCLUSION IN ST LIST

## † 2349. SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the names of castes which were included in the list of Scheduled Tribes of undivided Madhya Pradesh but have not been notified as Schedule Tribes after the formation of Chhattisgarh State resulting in the non-issue of certificates of Scheduled Tribes to them;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  received  representation/  requests  from  various  organizations  or State Government of Chhattisgarh for inclusion of the said castes in the list of Scheduled Tribes (STs) in Chhattisgarh also;
- (c) if so;and details thereof and the action taken thereof; and
- (d) whether any proposal has been received for inclusion of other castes in the list of Scheduled Tribes (STs) notified in the State of Chhattisgarh and if so, the details thereof and the response of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA)

- (a) to  (c):  List  of  STsremained  unchanged  in  undivided  Madhya  Pradesh  and  after  formation  of Chhattisgarh state.

(d): YesMadam,  the  Ministry  of Tribal Affairs received proposal  from  Government  of Chhattisgarh.A statement indicating the names of communities recommended by Government of Chhattisgarh for inclusion in Scheduled Tribes list of Chhattisgarh is annexed at Annexure.

Government  of  India  on  15.6.1999,  and  further  amended  on  25.6.2002,  has  laid  down  the modalities for determining the claims for inclusion in, exclusion from and other modification in the  Orders  specifying  lists  of  Scheduled  Tribes.  According  to  these  modalities,  only  those proposals which have been recommended and justified by the concerned State Government, and concurred  with  by  the  Registrar  General  of  India  (RGI)  and  the  National  Commission  for Scheduled  Tribes  (NCST)  are  to  be  considered  for  amendment  of  legislation.  The  State Government have made recommendations for inclusion of communities as Scheduled Tribes/Changes in spelling of listed Scheduled Tribes/ modification of area restriction. Recommendation  of  State  Governments  has  been  processed  in  accordance  with  the  extant modalities.

## Annexure

Statement referred to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2349 regarding 'inclusion in ST List'raised by ShrimatiKamla Devi Paatle to be answered on 9.5.2016, indicating the names of communities proposed for inclusion in Scheduled Tribes Listof Chhattisgarh'

| Name of the States   | Names of communities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Chhattisgarh         | (i) Pathari (ii) Saura, Sahara, Soura, Saonra, Saunra, Saora (iii) Mahra (iv) Bhuinya, Bhuiyan, Bhuyan, Bhuyya&Bhiyan (v) Dhanuhar, Dhanuwar (vi) Binjhia (vii) Rautia (viii) Sabria (ix) Kisan (x) Banjara, Nayak (xi) Parganiha, Pradhan (xii) Dhuri, Dhoori (xiii) Kherwar, Kharwar (xiv) Dhangad (xv) Dhimar, Kewat, Kahar and Mallah (xvi) Majhwar (xvii) Kodaku (xviii) TanwarChhatri (xix) Amnit, Amneet (xx) Parhia (xxi) Kondh/ Kond (xxii) Bhuihar (xxiii) Pando (xxiv) Nagwanshi and its phonetic variants (xxv) Bharia (xxvi) Gadba (xxvii) Gond |