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18/10/23 11:04 AM IST

ST status for Meiteis was considered and rejected in 1982 and 2001

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  • A proposal on the inclusion of the Meitei community in the Scheduled Tribes list has been examined and rejected twice over the last four decades.
Meitei community
  • Meiteis are the largest community in Manipur and there are 34 recognized tribes broadly classified as ‘Any Kuki Tribes’ and ‘Any Naga Tribes’.
  • The Imphal valley in the state, at the centre of Manipur, accounts for about 10% of its landmass and is home primarily to the Meitei and Meitei Pangals who constitute roughly 64.6% of the state’s population.
  • The remaining 90% of the state’s geographical area comprises hills surrounding the valley, which are home to the recognized tribes, making up about 35.4% of the state’s population.
  • While a majority of the Meiteis are Hindus followed by Muslims (8%), the 33 recognised tribes, broadly classified into ‘Any Naga tribes’ and ‘Any Kuki tribes’ are largely Christians.
  • Manipur, along with Dimapur district of Nagaland, was brought under the purview of the ILP System in December 2019.
  • ILP is a special permit obligatorily required by “outsiders” from other regions of the country to enter the notified states.
Criteria for inclusion
  • The modalities for inclusion of tribes allow only proposals initiated by the State government to be processed, with primacy given to the opinion of the Office of the RGI.
  • The Constitution allows only Parliament to finalise the inclusion by passing the required amendments to the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950.
  • The criteria followed by the Office of the RGI to decide inclusion in ST list were set in 1965 by the Lokur Committee: indications of primitive traits, distinctive culture, geographical isolation, shyness of contact with the community at large, and backwardness.
  • The same criteria are used to this day.
Source- The Hindu

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