As per the Modalities made by the Central Government in June, 1999 and revised in June, 2002, a complete proposal in regard to modification in the list of Scheduled Castes is required to be made by the concerned State Government/Union Territory Administration and it is for them to substantiate the proposal supported by a study. A statement indicating the names of States and their proposal for inclusion of certain castes in the list of Scheduled Castes is:

State and caste-wise details of proposals made by the State Governments for inclusion in the list of Scheduled Castes

 

State	Name of community
Bihar	Kanu
Chhattishgarh	Sarathi, Sooth Sarathi, Sahis, Sais, Thanwar
	Mahra, Mahara
	Chik Ganda, Chik, Cheek
Jharkhand	Dandachhatra Manjhi
Kerala	Koppalan
	Madiga
	Pulluvan
	Thachar ( other  than Carpenter)
	Peruvannan
	Malayan (  Removal of area restriction)
Madhya Pradesh	Dahiya
Odisha	Amata, Amath
	Bajia
	Jaggili, Jagli
	Buna Pano
	Agheri Kala, Sinduria Kela
	Goudia Kela
	Pana Baishnab, Pano Baishnab
	Kalandi, Kalandi Baishnab, Kalindi Baishnab
	Kandra Baishnab, Kandara Baishnab,
	Bauri Baishnab
	Dhoba Baishnab
	Gokha Baishnab, Gokah Baishnab
	Kesuria
	Bhina, Tula Bhina
	Mehantar, Mehentar
	Sitra, Situria
	Jayantara Pano, Jena Pano
	Khadola
	Pod, Poundra ( Bengali Refugees)
Tripura	Chamar-Rohidas, Chamar-Ravidas
	Dhobi
	Jhalo-Malo
Uttarakhand	Namasudra, Pod, Poundra,
West Bengal	Chain (  Removal of area restriction)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As per the approved Modalities, the proposals made by State Governments/Union Territory Administrations are initially referred to the Registrar General of India for comments. Proposals agreed to by the RGI are referred to the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) for comments. Such proposals which have been agreed to by the RGI and the NCSC, as also approved by the Central Government, are incorporated in the Bill, which is introduced in Parliament. As any amendment in the list of Scheduled Castes can be done only by an Act of Parliament in view of clause (2) of Article 341 of the Constitution of India, no time frame can be assigned in the matter.

 

This information was given by the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri Sudarshan Bhagat in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha here today.

 

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