(a) whether the Government proposes to include the Boro-Kacharis living in Karbi Anglond
and in Dima Hashao/North Cachar Hills Autonomous Districts in Assam in the list of Scheduled
Tribes (Hills) by way of bringing modification to the list of STs (Hills); and
(b) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken so far in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SMT. RANEE NARAH)
(a) & (b) : As per Memorandum of Settlement(MoS), the Government of India agrees to
consider sympathetically the inclusion of the Bodo Kacharis living in Karbi Anglong and NC
Hills Autonomous Districts in the list of Scheduled Tribes (Hills).
As per the modalities approved in 15.6. 1999 (further revised on 25.6.2002) for deciding claims
for inclusion in, or exclusion form and other modifications in the orders specifying the lists
of Scheduled Tribes. According to these modalities, only those proposals which have recommended
and justified by the concerned State Government/ UT Administration and concurred in by the
Registrar General of India and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes are taken up for
consideration for amendment of legislation. As per above mentioned modalities, the proposal
for inclusion of Boro-Kacharis has been processed.