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Scheduled Tribe Status in Assam
December 5 , 2025
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- Assam Cabinet approved a report recommending Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for six communities.
- The communities are Tai Ahoms, Tea Tribes (Adivasis), Moran, Matak (Motok), Chutia, and Koch‑Rajbongshi.
- These communities are currently listed under Assam’s Other Backwards Classes (OBC) category.
- The report will be sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs for further action.
- Granting ST status aims to address long-standing demands and provide social and economic benefits to these groups.
- Article 366 (25) defines STs as communities deemed under Article 342 to be Scheduled Tribes for the purposes of the Constitution.
- Article 342 Clause (1) - The President of India is empowered to specify the communities to be deemed as STs in a particular State or Union Territory.
- Article 342 Clause (2) - It grants the Parliament the exclusive power to include or exclude any community from the ST list through a legislative Act and once Parliament enacts a law, the Presidential order cannot be modified by a subsequent notification.
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