 bill no 4 of  2007 the constitution (andaman and nicobar islands) scheduled tribes order (amendment) bill, 2007 by shri basudeb acharia, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution (andaman and nicobar islands)scheduled tribes order, 1959 be it enacted by parliament in the fifty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—amendment of the scheduleco 582 in the schedule to the constitution (andaman and nicobar islands) scheduled tribes order, 1959, enteries 5 and 6 shall be renumbered as entries 6 and 7 respectively, and before entry 6 as so renumbered, the entry "5 ranchi tribals" shall be inserted 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 utilised 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 islandsthe bill seeks to achieve the above objectivenew delhi;basudeb acharianovember 15, 2006 annexure extract from the constitution (andaman and nicobar islands) scheduled tribes order, 1959(co 58)      the  schedule1234 onges 5 sentinelese 6 shom pens————abillfurther to amend the constitution (andaman and nicobar islands)scheduled tribes order, 1959————(shri basudeb acharia, mp)mgipmrnd—509ls(s-5)—27-02-2007