New Delhi, Feb 8 (Reporter) Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2024. The Rajya Sabha has already passed the bill. The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2024, is intended to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950, to modify the list of Scheduled Tribes in relation to Andhra Pradesh to include Bondo Porja, Khond Porja, and Konda Savaras communities in the list of ST. While the Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2024, 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 ST list due to phonetic variations or spelling mistakes will be included in the ST list. Responding to the discussion, Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Bharati Pravin Pawar said the Narendra Modi government is committed to the welfare of tribal communities in the country. She said that to provide medical facilities in the remotest parts of the country, medical units are being made operational. "Through Aadi Mahotsav, the tribal artisans are being encouraged to showcase their talent. She said that with this bill, the particularly vulnerable tribal groups will get justice," he added. Earlier, while participating in the discussion, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the government is committed to the protection of the tribal and the upliftment of the poor. Hitting out at the Congress for not taking steps to bring these tribes on the ST list, Pradhan said the government has come out with the PM-JANMAN scheme, with a budgetary allocation of 24 thousand crore rupees for the tribal community...////...