Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2022

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Key features of the bill-

• The bill seeks to  amend the Constitution (SC & ST) Order, 1950 for inclusion of certain communities in the list of Scheduled Tribes in relation to the States of Tripura, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. 
• With respect to Jharkhand, the bill removed the Bhogta caste from the list of SCs and included additional communities in the list. The Bhogta caste will be included instead as STs in the State.
• The Bill further amends the schedule to the Scheduled Tribes order to include the Deshwari, Ganjhu, Dautalbandi (Dwalbandi), Patbandi, Raut, Maajhia, Khairi (Kheri), Tamaria (Tamadia) and Puran communities in the Scheduled Tribes list of the Jharkhand.
• With respect to Uttar Pradesh, the Bill amended the SC order to exclude Gond community as a Scheduled Caste in four districts of Uttar Pradesh: (i) Chandauli, (ii) Kushinagar, (iii) Sant Kabir Nagar, and (iv) Sant Ravidas Nagar and to recognise Gond community as a Scheduled Tribe in these four districts.
• When it comes to Tripura, it proposes the “Darlong” community as a sub-tribe of “Kuki” in the list of Scheduled Tribes. The amendment is proposed because  in hilly areas the people of the same community are residing as different sub tribes and are excluded from the list for longtime.
• The government keeps amending the lists originally notified in 1950, based on requests made by the States.

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