Amendments in the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for introduction of a Bill in the Parliament for certain amendments in the Constitution Order, 1950 so as to modify the list of Scheduled Castes in respect of five States namely Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Kerala, Odisha and West Bengal and in the Central List of Other Backward Classes of. The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for introduction of a Bill in the Parliament for certain amendments in the Constitution Order, 1950 so as to modify the list of Scheduled Castes in respect of five States namely Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Kerala, Odisha and West Bengal and in the Central List of Other Backward Classes of the States of Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Kerala consequent upon inclusion of certain castes or parts thereof in the lists of Scheduled Castes. State Inclusion/ Exclusion/Other modification Community 1 Chhattisgarh Inclusion Sais, Sahis, Sarathi, Soot-Sarathi, Thanwar 2 Haryana -do- Aheria, Aheri, Hari, Heri, Thori, Turi Rai Sikh 3 Kerala Modification in the area of specification Malayan Inclusion Peruvannan 4 Odisha Exclusion Bariki Kummari 5 West Bengal Removal of area restriction Chain After the Bill becomes an Act, members of the communities included in the list of Scheduled Castes will be able to derive benefits meant for Scheduled Castes under the existing schemes. According to the approved Modalities, amending legislation to the concerned Constitution Order is proposed only in respect of such proposals of the concerned State Government/Union Territory Administration, which have been agreed to both by the Registrar General of India as well as the National Commission for Scheduled Castes.