Lok Sabha Question No. 2696 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-14
Subject: Inclusion in ST List
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: ADVOCATE NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR, NEELAM SONKER, B. SREERAMULU, KAMALBHAN SINGH MARABI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2696

TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2016

## INCLUSION IN ST LIST

## 2696. ADVOCATE NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR:

SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER:

SHRI B. SRIRAMALU:

SHRI KAMALBHAN SINGH MARABI:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to State:

- (a) the details of guidelines of the Central Government for inclusion of any community in the Scheduled Tribes (ST) list;
- (b) whether  the  Union  Government  has  received  any  proposals  from  various  State Governments  including  Chhattisgarh,  Goa  and  Karnataka  for  inclusion  of  various communities in the list of Scheduled Tribes (STs);
- (c) if  so,  the details thereof along with the names of communities included in the list of STs  and  details  of  communities  that  have  been  removed  or  shifted  from  ST  Status during the last three years and the current year;
- (d) whether a number of recommendations for inclusion of tribes in the list of Scheduled Tribes are still pending with the Government for approval; and
- (e)    if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the present status thereof, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) :   The guidelines for inclusion of any community in list of ST are :-

The  criteria for determining  characteristics of community  for  specification as Scheduled  Tribe  are: (a) Indications of primitive traits; (b) Distinctive culture; (c) Geographical isolation; (d) Shyness of contact with community at large; and (e) Backwardness.

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.

## (b):  Yes, Madam.

- (c): The details of communities included in list of ST of the States are given below and no community has been removed from the list of ST, since the year 2013.
- (d) & (e) : A statement indicating State/ UT wise proposals received for inclusion in the list  of  ST  in  the  State/  UT  is  annexed  at Annexure. Proposals  have  been  processed  in accordance with above mentioned modalities.

| Name of State   | Name of community included in list of ST                                    | Name of Act                                       |
|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| Chhattisgarh    | (a) Abhuj Maria at entry 16 (b) Hill Korwa at entry 27                      | Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) |
| Kerala          | Marati (of the Hosdurg and KasargodTaluks of Kasargod District) at entry 28 | Act, 2013 (No. 24 of 2013) dated 18-9-2013        |

Statement  indicating  the  State/UT  wise  proposals  received  from  the  States/UTs  for inclusion in ST list w.r.t. LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 2696 regarding inclusion in ST list, to be answered on 14.03.2016

## State-wise list of pending proposals

|   S. No. | Name of the States/UTs   |   Number of proposals |
|----------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh           |                     2 |
|        2 | Assam                    |                    45 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh        |                     6 |
|        4 | Bihar                    |                     5 |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh             |                    44 |
|        6 | Goa                      |                     2 |
|        7 | Jammu &Kashmir           |                     2 |
|        8 | Jharkhand                |                    17 |
|        9 | Karnataka                |                    53 |
|       10 | Kerala                   |                     4 |
|       11 | Madhya Pradesh           |                    14 |
|       12 | Odisha                   |                    85 |
|       13 | Punjab                   |                    41 |
|       14 | Sikkim                   |                    11 |
|       15 | Tamil Nadu               |                    12 |
|       16 | Tripura                  |                     1 |
|       17 | Uttarakhand              |                     1 |
|       18 | Uttar Pradesh            |                     7 |
|       19 | West Bengal              |                    12 |
|       20 | Puducherry               |                     7 |

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