(a) whether the Government has finalised the list of tribal communities
in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof, indicating the number of tribal
communities in the country, State-wise; and
(c) the criteria being adopted by the Government to include the
communities in the tribal category?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (MAHADEO SINGH KHANDELA)
(a) Yes Madam.
(b) A statement indicating State/UT wise list of Scheduled Tribes in the
Country is at annexure.
(c) As per the provision of Article 342 of the Constitution, the Government
on 15.6.1999 and further revised on 25.6.2002, had laid down the modalities for
determining the claims for inclusion in, exclusion from and other modifications
in Orders specifying Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes lists. As per the
modalities only those proposals, which have been justified and recommended by
the concerned State Government and the Registrar General of India as well as
the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes are to be considered and legislation
amended.