 bill no 21 of 2022 the constitution (scheduled tribes) order (amendment) bill,  2022 a billfurther to amend the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950 for inclusion of certain community in the list of scheduled tribes in relation to the state of tripurabe it enacted by parliament in the seventy-third year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the constitution (scheduled tribes) order (amendment)act, 2022co 2252 in the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950, in the schedule, in part xv—tripura, in entry 9, after item (iii), the following item shall be inserted, namely:—''(iiia) darlong''amendment of constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950 statement of objects and reasonsscheduled tribes have been defined in clause (25) of article 366 of the constitution as"such tribes or tribal communities or parts of or groups within such tribes or tribal communities as are deemed under article 342 to be scheduled tribes for the purposes of this constitution"2 article 342 of the constitution provides as under:—"342 scheduled tribes—(1) the president may with respect to any state or union territory, and where it is a state, after consultation with the governor thereof, by public notification, specify the tribes or tribal communities or parts of or groups within tribes or tribal communities which shall for the purposes of this constitution be deemed to be scheduled tribes in relation to that state or union territory, as the case may be(2) parliament may by law include in or exclude from the list of scheduled tribes specified in a notification issued under clause (1) any tribe or tribal community or part of or group within any tribe or tribal community, but save as aforesaid a notification issued under the said clause shall not be varied by any subsequent notification" 3 according to the provisions of article 342 of the constitution, the first list of the scheduled tribes was notified during the year 1950 in respect of various states and union territories, vide the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950 this list was modified from time to time list of scheduled tribes of the state of tripura has been modified, vide, the constitution scheduled castes and scheduled tribes orders (amendment) act, 2002 (10  of 2003) the state government of tripura has requested to  include "darlong" community as a sub-tribe of "kuki" in entry 9 in the list of scheduled tribes in respect of state of tripura4 on the basis of recommendation of  the state government of tripura, it is proposed to modify the list of scheduled tribes in respect of state of tripura by amending the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 19505 the constitution (scheduled tribes) order (amendment) bill, 2022 proposes to amend part xv—tripura of the schedule to the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950 to insert "darlong" community as a sub-tribe of "kuki" after sub-tribe "(iii) chhalya" in entry 9 in the list of scheduled tribes6 the bill seeks to achieve the aforesaid objectsnew delhi;arjun mundathe 31st  january, 2022 financial  memorandumthe bill seeks to amend the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950, by amending the list of scheduled tribes in the state of tripura the amendment in the list of scheduled tribes relating to the state of  tripura may entail additional expenditure on account of benefits to be provided to the persons belonging to the communities proposed in the bill under the continuing schemes meant for the welfare of the scheduled tribes2 it is not possible to estimate the likely additional expenditure to be incurred on this account at this stage however, the expenditure, if any, shall be accommodated within the approved budgetary outlay of the government———— a billfurther to amend the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950 for inclusion of certain community in the list of scheduled tribes in relation to the state of tripura————