The Constitution (SC and ST) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2022 to remove Bhogta caste from the list of Scheduled Castes (SC) and include certain communities in the list of Scheduled Tribes (ST) for ________ was introduced in the Rajya Sabha in February 2022.
- AJharkhand
- BChhattisgarh
- CBihar
- DMadhya Pradesh
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
* The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2022, was introduced in February 2022 to amend the classification for Jharkhand.
The bill explicitly omitted the Bhogta community from the list of Scheduled Castes (SC) in Jharkhand, concurrently transferring/including it alongside other communities (like Deshwari, Ganjhu, Dautalbandi, Patbandi) into the state's Scheduled Tribes (ST) list.
The bill explicitly omitted the Bhogta community from the list of Scheduled Castes (SC) in Jharkhand, concurrently transferring/including it alongside other communities (like Deshwari, Ganjhu, Dautalbandi, Patbandi) into the state's Scheduled Tribes (ST) list.