(a) whether the Peoples Representatives have requested to accord Scheduled Caste
(SC) status to Tarkhan Caste (Carpenters) to ward off their status-based anomally
with the Lohars; and
(b) if so, the reaction of the Union Government thereto?
(a) whether the Peoples Representatives have requested to accord Scheduled Caste
(SC) status to Tarkhan Caste (Carpenters) to ward off their status-based anomally
with the Lohars; and
(b) if so, the reaction of the Union Government thereto?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
(SMT. SUBBULAKSHMI JAGADEESAN)
(a) & (b) The proposal of Government of Himachal Pradesh to include Tarkhan
community in the list of Scheduled Castes was processed in accordance with the
approved Modalities. The National Commission for Scheduled Castes did not agree to
the proposal of the State Government. Hence, the same was rejected.