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Rajya Sabha Passes Two Bills Modifying SC & ST List In Odisha, Andhra Pradesh

New Delhi: 6/2/24:Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, passed two bills, which seek to alter the roster of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.

Union Minister Arjun Munda had moved the Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2024, further 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 about the state of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.

The Upper House cleared both the bills unanimously through a voice vote.

The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2024, includes four Particularly Tribal Vulnerable Groups (PVTG) in the Scheduled Tribe list of Odisha. These tribes have been included as synonyms or sub-tribes of communities already listed in the ST category. Furthermore, the bill introduces two new entries — Muka Dora and its synonyms, and Konda Reddy and its synonyms — to the ST list of the state.

This bill also transitions two communities from Odisha, Tamadia, and Tamudia, which have been on the SC list for an extended period, to the ST list. Additionally, it incorporates over a dozen synonyms and phonetic variations of existing Scheduled Tribes into the state’s ST list. The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2024, on the other hand, includes synonyms for two Scheduled Tribe communities in the Scheduled Tribe list of Andhra Pradesh. Bondo Porja and Khond Porja are added as synonyms for the Porja tribe, and Konda Savara is added as a synonym for the Savara community.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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