New Delhi: The Lok Sabha yesterday approved the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019, granting Scheduled Tribes tag for Parivara and Talawara communities, and Siddis living in Belagavi and Dharwad districts.
The Union Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on March 2018 approved the inclusion of the communities ‘Parivara and Talawara’ as synonym of ‘Nayaka’ in the list of STs in Karnataka. The Cabinet also gave its nod to include Siddi community living outside Uttar Kannada or living Belgaum and Dharwad districts in the Scheduled Tribe category
