 bill no  12  of  2008 the constitution (scheduled tribes) order (amendment) bill, 2008 by shri avtar singh bhadana, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950be it enacted by parliament in the fifty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the constitution (scheduled tribes) order (amendment)act, 2008co 2252 in  the  schedule  to   the  constitution   (scheduled   tribes)   order,   1950,   inpart  xiii—rajasthan,amendment of the schedule(i)  entry 6 shall be renumbered as 7 and before entry 7 as so renumbered, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—"6 gurjar, gujjar, gujar"(ii) entries 6 to 12 shall be renumbered as entries 7 to 13 statement of objects and reasonsthe demand of gurjars for getting the status of scheduled tribe has been going on for long time the movement to get the status started way back in fifties gurjars' economic and social condition is such that they fulfil all the criteria for being included in the list of scheduled tribes recently there was a massive agitation also for the same gurjars are a deprived lot and their condition is worsening immediately steps are needed to raise their statustherefore, to give them justice and in view of their economic, educational and social backwardness, it is proposed in the bill that the gurjars be included in the list of scheduled tribes for the state of rajasthanthe bill seeks to achieve the above objectivenew delhi;avtar singh bhadananovember  21, 2007 financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill seeks to in6clude gurjar tribe in the list of scheduled tribes in respect of the state of rajasthan the bill, if enacted, would involve additional recurring and non-recurring expenditure on account of benefits to be provided to the persons belonging to the gurjar community to be included under continuing schemes meant for development of the scheduled tribes from the consolidated fund of india at this stage, it is not possible to give the exact amount to be incurred on this account however, it is estimated that a sum of approximately rupees fifty crore is likely to be involved as a recurring expenditure per annuma non-recurring expenditure of about rupees one hundred crore is also likely to be involved annexureextract from the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950(co 22)the schedulepart xiii—rajasthan1 bhil, bhil garasia, dholi bhil, dungri bhil, dungri garasia, mewasi bhil, rawal bhil,  tadvi  bhil, bhagalia, bhilala, pawra, vasava, vasave2 bhil mina 3 damor, damaria 4 dhanka, tadvi, tetaria, valvi 5 garasia (excluding rajput garasia) 6 kathodi, katkari, dhor kathodi, dhor katkari,son kathodi, son katkari7 kokna, kokni, kukna 8 koli dhor, tokre koli, kolcha, kolgha 9 mina10 naikda, nayaka, cholivala nayaka, kapadia nayaka, mota nayaka, nana nayaka 11 patelia 12 seharia, sehria, sahariya lok sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950————(shri avtar singh bhadana, mp)mgipmrnd—160ls—(s-5)—13022008