THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED TRIBES) ORDER (SECOND AMENDMENT) BILL, 2022

Bill No. 217 of 2022

17th November, 2022

A BILL further to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 to modify the list of Scheduled Tribes in the State of Tamil Nadu. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

S.1 Short title

This Act may be called the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Act, 2022.

S.2 Amendment of Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950

In the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950, in the Schedule, in Part XIV.—Tamil Nadu, after entry 36, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—

"37. Narikoravan, Kurivikkaran.".

S.STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

Scheduled Tribes have been defined in clause (25) of article 366 of the Constitution as such tribes or tribal communities or parts of or groups within such tribes or tribal communities as are deemed under article 342 to be Scheduled Tribes for the purposes of the Constitution.

2. Article 342 of the Constitution provides as under:—

"342. Scheduled Tribes.—(1) The President may with respect to any State or Union territory, and where it is a State, after consultation with the Governor thereof, by public notification, specify the tribes or tribal communities or parts of or groups within tribes or tribal communities which shall for the purposes of this Constitution be deemed to be Scheduled Tribes in relation to that State or Union territory, as the case may be.

(2) Parliament may by law include in or exclude from the list of Scheduled Tribes specified in a notification issued under clause (1) any tribe or tribal community or part of or group within any tribe or tri

S.FINANCIAL MEMORANDUM

The Bill seeks to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 for inclusion of entry "37. Narikoravan, Kurivikkaran" in Part XIV of the Schedule to the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 in respect of the State of Tamil Nadu. The amendment in the list of Scheduled Tribes in respect of the State of Tamil Nadu may entail additional expenditure on account of benefits to be provided to persons belonging to the said communities proposed in the Bill under the continuing schemes meant for the welfare of the Scheduled Tribes.

2. It is not possible to estimate the likely additional expenditure to be incurred on this account at this stage. However, the expenditure, if any, will be accommodated within the approved budgetary outlay of the Government.