The Rajya Sabha on 6 February passed the Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2024.
- The bill proposes 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 in relation to Odisha.
- Under it, four communities of primitive tribes- Pauri Bhuyan, Chuktia Bhunjia, Bondo and Mankidia and 46 others who have not been included in the Odisha ST list due to phonetic variations or spelling mistakes will be the part of ST list.
- Two communities will also be omitted from the ST list. As per 2011 census, 8.6 per cent population of the country is tribal.
