MODALITIES FOR DECIDING THE CLAIMS FOR INCLUSION IN, EXCLUSION FROM AND OTHER MODIFICATIONS IN ORDERS SPECIFYING SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES LISTS

India, April 2 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

The Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Shri Durga Das Uikey informed in Rajya Sabha today that the 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 th...