Question : Criminal Tribes Act, 1871

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †5296
TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2022

CRIMINAL TRIBES ACT, 1871
†5296. SHRI MALOOK NAGAR:
Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:
(a) whether any proposal/scheme plan is under consideration of the Government to enact a legislation to provide social, cultural, economic and political rights to the communities removed from the notification in the light of the completion of 150 years of Criminal Tribes Act, 1871;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
(SUSHRI PRATIMA BHOUMIK)

(a) to (c): There is no such proposal under consideration in the Department.
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