New Delhi: A Parliamentary Standing Committee has found the criteria for inclusion of tribes in the Scheduled List "subjective" and "archaic" and recommended revision of the process for developing a comprehensive method. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment in its report on "The Constitution (ST) Order (Second Amendment) Bill, 2012" has also said that it be apprised within three months on the steps taken to re-examine the process of inclusion of tribes in the Scheduled List.
"The criteria for inclusion of tribes is too subjective and somewhat archaic. Therefore, the matter be revisited and a comprehensive criteria evolved both for inclusion and exclusion based on comprehensive anthropological and socio-economic studies and unassailable empirical evidence," the Committee said in its report.
It also said the entire process of consultation regarding inclusion/exclusion of caste/community in the ST list be comprehensively re-examined and the committee apprised within three months of the presentation of this report to Parliament. The report was tabled in Parliament on Thursday.
Regarding 'Hill Korwa' and 'Abhujh Maria' communities in of Chhattisgarh, the Committee recommended their inclusion in the ST list. However, it sought a justification from the Ministry as to why 75 groups in 17 states and one Union Territory after being identified and categorised as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PTGs) have not yet been accorded the ST status.
"The Committee would like to be apprised of the grounds for not including these PTGs in the list of ST of respective states within three months of the presentation of this report along with the considered views of Registrar General of India, NCST and concerned states in the matter," it said.
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