 bill no 83 of  2007 the constitution (scheduled tribes) order (amendment)  bill, 2007 by dr r senthil, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950be it enacted by parliament in the fifty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1  this act may be called the constitution (scheduled tribes) order (amendment)act, 2007co 2252   in  the schedule to the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950, in part xiv,—tamil nadu, for entry 18 , the following entry shall be substituted, namely :—amendment of the schedule"18 kuruman, kurumbas, kurumans, kurumba, kuruba and kurumba gounder" statement of objects and reasonskuruman, kurumbas, kurumans, kurumba, kuruba and kurumba gounder are all synonyms of one tribe the people belonging to these tribes are living  in various parts of the state of  tamil nadu  they have same culture but the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950 has mentioned only kurumans in the list of  scheduled tribes the other names are not mentioned in the constitution  (scheduled tribes) order, 1950 due to difference of one or two letters in the names of kuruman, kurumbas, kurumba, kuruba and kurumba gounder tribes, the people of this tribe are not considered as scheduled tribes hence the people belonging to these communities are not getting the  benefits available to the scheduled tribesthe state government of tamil nadu has recognised the demand of persons belonging to these tribes and forwarded their requests to the union government for necessary action urgentlyhowever, there has been undue delay in including the names of these tribes in the list of scheduled tribes, which has caused lots of hardship to them a large number of youth belonging to these communities are not able to get benefits of reservation in the matters of admission in professional colleges and jobs under the state as the names of aforesaid  tribes are not mentioned in the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950 this position has to be rectifiedthe present bill seeks to amend the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950 in order to include all the synonyms of kurumans tribe in the list of scheduled tribes of the state of  tamil naduthe bill seeks to achieve the above objectivesnew delhi;r senthilnovember 8, 2007 financial memorandumthe bill seeks to include kuruman, kurumbas, kurumba, kuruba and kurumba gounder community in the list of scheduled tribes in respect of the state of tamil nadu by way of amending the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950 the bill, if enacted, would involve recurring and non-recurring expenditure on account of the benefits to be given under the schemes and programmes  of the government meant for social, educational and economic development of the scheduled tribes at this stage, it is not possible to mention the exact amount which may be incurred on this account however, it is estimated that a sum of approximately rupees twenty-five crore is likely to be involved  as a recurring expenditure per annuma non-recurring expenditure of about rupees fifty crore is also likely to be involved annexure extract from the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950 co 22(part iii—rules and orders under the constitution)part xiv—tamil nadu18 kurumans lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950————(dr r senthil, mp)mgipmrnd—4483ls(s5)—16-11-2007