Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Centre mulls granting ST status to Tea-Tribe of Assam

New Delhi, Oct 21 : The Centre has processed the recommendations of the Assam government for inclusion of various communities including ‘Tea-Tribe’ of the state in the STs list, Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

“Ministry of Tribal Affairs has processed the proposals/recommendations of the Government of Assam for inclusion of various communities including Adivasi/Tea-Tribe in the list of Scheduled Tribes in Assam,” Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Rameshwar Oraon stated in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.

Silvius Condpan of Congress had asked the minister about the steps taken so far by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs in the matter of granting ST status to the “Adivasi/Tea-Tribe” community of Assam in response to the recommendation of the state government made on more than one occasions.

“The matter is being processed as per the modalities approved by the government on June 15, 1999 for determining the claims for inclusion in or exclusion from and other modifications in the orders specifying Scheduled Tribes,” Oraon said.

Oraon, however, did not give any specific reply to the question from Condpan who asked “whether it’s true that government is unable to go ahead with it (proposal for giving ST status to Tea-Tribes of Assam) because of objections raised by Registrar General of India.”

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