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Giridhar Gopal in Bhubaneswar
At least 140 more Indian communities will now be recognised as scheduled tribes, Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram said on Sunday.
"For the first time in 50 years we have done a summary revision of the scheduled tribes list, which the Union Cabinet approved on May 31. A bill will be introduced in the monsoon session of Parliament in this regard," Oram told rediff
After Parliament's approval is secured for the revision, it will be sent to the President for his assent, the minister said.
The government currently recognises 579 communities as scheduled tribes. While 14 communities have been excluded from the list of scheduled tribes, 42 communities have been newly added in the summary revision.
The numbers of communities who would be now recognised as scheduled tribes are 7 in Assam, 5 in Arunachal Pradesh, 15 in Andhra Pradesh, 10 in Bihar, 1 in Goa, 5 in Gujarat, 4 in Himachal Pradesh, 9 in Jharkhand, 3 in Karnataka, he said.
Besides 26, 3, 3, 1, 5, 26, 2, 2, 1, 10, 2 communities respectively in Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Orissa, Sikkim, Tripura, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal have been added in the list of scheduled tribes in the summary revision, Oram said.
The summary revision has been done on the basis of recommendations made by state governments, experts and research groups, the minister added.
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