Dhangar Scheduled tribe issue
- Dhangar Scheduled tribe issue
Dhangar community in Maharashtra has been agitating for the implementation of Scheduled Tribe status. According to them Dhangar and Dhangad is one and the same and Dhangar community is included in the List of Scheduled Tribes in India#Maharashtra at Sr. no 36 Oraon, Dhangad. There is not a single person belonging to the so-called Dhangad community in the State of Maharashtra. State of Maharashtra had twice recommended the Government of India to include the Dhangar community in the list of Scheduled Tribe. Even in 1989, the CAG report recommended the inclusion of Dhangar community in the list of Scheduled Tribe.
However, the State of Maharashtra has not implemented the Scheduled Tribe status as according to them Dhangar and Dhangad are two distinct communities of Maharashtra.
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See also
* Oraon
* Dhangar
* List of Scheduled Tribes in India#Maharashtra
* Reservation in India
Source
Prof. Kokane P. N., Socio-Legal Identification of Scheduled Castes/Tribes & Backward Classes, 2007.
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