Replying to an un-starred question today in Lok Sabha the Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Shri Durgadas Uikey informed that The Government of Jharkhand had sent a proposal dated 08.12.2004 and 06.01.2005 for inclusion of Kurmi/Kudmi (Mahto) community in the list of Scheduled Tribes of Jharkhand. The proposal was not accompanied by Ethnography Report and hence the State Govt. was requested to send the proposal with Ethnography Report. Later, the Government of Jharkhand had sent ethnographic report in respect of Kurmi/Kudmi (Mahto) but the report did not recommend the inclusion of ‘community in the STs list of Jharkhand.

The information provided by the Office of the Registrar General of India in this regard as per Annexure.

Government of India on 15.6.1999 (further amended on 25.6.2002 and 14.9.2022) has laid down the modalities for deciding 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 recommended and justified by the concerned State Government / UT Administration and concurred with by Registrar General of India (RGI) and National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) are to be considered and legislation amended. All action on the proposals is taken as per these approved modalities. Examination of proposals for inclusion, exclusion and modification of a community, as per approved modalities is a continued process. Many such proposals may, therefore, remain under examination at different levels.

 

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