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Uttar Pradesh removes Gond from SC list, adds six communities to ST list
This Bill amends the lists of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for the state of Uttar Pradesh.
It removes the Gond community from the Scheduled Caste list and adds the Gond, Dhuria, Nayak, Ojha, Pathari, and Rajgond communities to the Scheduled Tribe list in four newly created districts.
Who it concerns: Members of the Gond, Dhuria, Nayak, Ojha, Pathari, and Rajgond communities residing in the districts of Sant Kabir Nagar, Kushinagar, Chandauli, and Sant Ravidas Nagar in Uttar Pradesh.
What the bill does
- Amends the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 to exclude the Gond community from the Scheduled Caste list in Sant Kabir Nagar, Kushinagar, Chandauli, and Sant Ravidas Nagar districts.
- Amends the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) (Uttar Pradesh) Order, 1967 to include the Gond, Dhuria, Nayak, Ojha, Pathari, and Rajgond communities in the Scheduled Tribe list for Sant Kabir Nagar, Kushinagar, Chandauli, and Sant Ravidas Nagar districts.
Also in the document
- The change is based on a request from the State Government of Uttar Pradesh.
- The Financial Memorandum notes that this may entail additional expenditure for welfare schemes for Scheduled Tribes, though the amount cannot be estimated at this stage.
Where this bill is now: Became law (Act)
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Parliament of India — Bills (Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha)
Bill / law · Ref. 91 · 1 Apr 2022
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