Bhubaneswar: The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order Amendment Bill, 2024 and Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Order Amendment Bill, 2024, for including several new communities to the Scheduled Tribes (ST) list of Odisha.
The two Bills aim to modify the list of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2024 seeks to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950, to modify the list of Scheduled Tribes regarding Andhra Pradesh to include Bondo Porja, Khond Porja and Konda Savaras communities in the list of ST.
The other Bill – the Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2024 – seeks to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, and the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 to modify the list of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Odisha. Under it, four communities of primitive tribes – Pauri Bhuyan, Chuktia Bhunjia, Bondo, and Mankidia – will be included in the ST list.
