Inclusion of Communities in ST List

So far 289 communities have been included as Scheduled Tribes in the Presidential Orders since 1990. Requests for inclusion of 373 communities have been received as on date. The proposals have been processed in accordance with the extant modalities.

The Government of India on June 15,1999 (further amended on June 25,2002) has laid down the modalities for determining the claims for inclusion in, exclusion from and other modifications. According to these modalities, only those proposals which have been recommended and justified by the concerned State Government/Union Territory Administration and concurred in by the Registrar General of India (RGI) and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) are to be considered for amendment of legislation.

This information was given by Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Shri Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava in a written reply in lok Sabha today.

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