Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda is to maneuver ‘The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022’ within the Rajya Sabha to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 and the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) (Uttar Pradesh) Order, 1967.

The Lok Sabha has already handed the Bill. The Bill was launched in Lok Sabha on March 28, 2022. It was handed within the Lok Sabha in April.

The Bill seeks to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) (Uttar Pradesh) Order, 1967 (ST Order) and the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 (SC Order) with respect to its utility to Uttar Pradesh.

The Bill amends the Scheduled Castes order to exclude Gond neighborhood as a Scheduled Caste in 4 districts of Uttar Pradesh: Chandauli, Kushinagar, Sant Kabir Nagar, and Sant Ravidas Nagar. It amends the ST order to recognise Gond neighborhood as a Scheduled Tribe in these 4 districts.