The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed with voice vote the Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Second Amendment) Bill-2022, which seeks to give the ST status to the Gond community in four districts of Uttar Pradesh.
The Bill, introduced by Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, was passed by the Lok Sabha in April this year.
The passing of the Bill will ensure the inclusion of the Gond community in the Scheduled Tribes list in four districts of Uttar Pradesh — Sant Kabir Nagar, Sant Ravidas Nagar, Kushinagar and Chandauli. As many as 26 MPs took part in the discussion on the Bill.
