 bill no  51 of  2009 the constitution (scheduled tribes) order (amendment) bill, 2009byshri basudeb acharia, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950 be  it enacted by parliament in the sixtieth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 this act may be called the constitution (scheduled tribes) order (amendment)act, 2009 statement of objects and reasonsprior to 1956, deswali majhi  community was recognized as scheduled tribe in the state of west bengal and persons belonging to this tribe were provided with all the facilities which were available to persons belonging to scheduled tribes, but subsequently this was withdrawn without assigning any reason the total population of this community is about three lakhs and these tribals are mainly inhabitat in the districts of purulia, bankura and paschim midnapore districts of the state of west bengal the cultural research institute of west bengal have studied the social, economic, educational and cultural status of  deswali majhi community and have submitted a report to the government of west bengal recommending the inclusion of this community in the list of  scheduled tribes of west bengal but till date, this community has not been included in the list of scheduled tribes of west bengaltherefore, to give them justice and in view of their economic, educational and social backwardness, it is proposed in the bill that deswali majhi tribe be included in the list of scheduled tribes for west bengalthe bill seeks to achieve the above objectivenew delhi;basudeb achariajune 18, 2009 financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides for inclusion of the tribe 'deswali majhi' in the list of scheduled tribes in respect of the state of west bengal 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 (scheduled tribes) order, 1950the schedulepart xvi—west bengal1 asur10 chik baraik 11 garo40 tamang]———— a billfurther to amend the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950————(shri basudeb acharia, mp)gmgipmrnd—2633ls(s5)—10072009