 bill no 44 of  2009 the constitution (andaman and nicobar islands) scheduled tribes order (amendment) bill, 2009 by shri basudeb acharia, mp a bill further to amend the constitution (andaman and nicobar islands) scheduled tribes order, 1959be it enacted by parliament in the sixtieth year of the republic of india as follows:—amendment of the scheduletribes order, 1959, entries 5 and 6 shall be renumbered as entries 6 and 7 respectively, statement of objects and reasonsduring pre and post independence period a large number of ranchi tribals from chotanagpur, bihar (now jharkhand) were settled by the administration in north andaman (ramanagar and kalighal), middle andaman (tugapur) and baratang island their services have been utilized mainly by the forest department and also by other departments in various development activities undertaken in the islands these tribals have now settled in the island permanently hence, they are not migratory labourers however, they are not accorded the status of tribals in the andamans although their counterparts have been classified as tribals in the state of jharkhand ranchi tribals settled in andaman & nicobar islands have never been given any kind of preferential treatment in education, shelter, government jobs, etc by the union territory administration as a result, these people are still socially, educationally and economically backward in comparison to the original inhabitants of the island and are leading a miserable life even after decades of planned developmenttherefore, conferring status of scheduled tribes is necessary to secure justice for the ranchi tribals in view of their economic, educational and social backwardness it is proposed in the bill that the ranchi tribals be included in the list of scheduled tribes of andaman and nicobar islands the bill seeks to achieve the above objectivenew delhi;basudeb  achariajune 18, 2009 financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides for inclusion of the tribe 'ranchi tribals' in the list of scheduled tribes in respect of the union territory of andaman and nicobar islands the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of about rupees one hundred crore per annuma non-recurring expenditure of rupees one hundred crore is also likely to be involved annexure extract from the constitution (andaman and nicobar islands) scheduled tribes order, 1959 (co 58)      the  schedule1  2  3  4  onges 5  sentinelese 6  shom pens———— a billfurther to amend the constitution (andaman and nicobar islands) scheduled tribes order, 1959————(shri basudeb acharia, mp )gmgipmrnd—2583ls(s5)—08072009