The Marati Community
of Kerala has been deleted from the Scheduled Tribes List of
Kerala vide the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders
(Amendment) Act, 2002 because the Government of Kerala, the
Registrar General of India and the National Commission for Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes had recommended its exclusion. The
Marati community of Karnataka, which is notified as Scheduled
Tribe in relation to South Kanara district has been retained
in the list as there was no recommendation from the Government
of Karnataka for its deletion.
However, the Government
of Kerala had subsequently recommended the retention of the
Marati community in the list of Scheduled Tribes. The proposal
of the Government of Kerala has been processed as per the modalities
approved for deciding such proposals.
This information
was given by the Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs,
Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste in the Lok Sabha today.
