Proposal For Inclusion of Communities in ST List

The Odisha Government has sent proposals for inclusion of 167 communities in the list of STs. The Government on 15.06.1999 (further revised on 25.06.2002) had approved the modalities for deciding claims for inclusion in, exclusion from and other modifications in the Orders specifying Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes lists. According to these modalities, only those proposals which have been recommended by the concerned State Government, the Registrar General India (RGI) and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes are to be considered for amendment of legislation. This procedure has not been completed.
The suggestion for inclusion as scheduled tribes from odisha Government is given in the Annex.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Tribal Affairs, Shri Mahadeo Singh Khandela in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

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