 bill  no 60 of  2012 the constitution (scheduled castes) order (amendment) bill, 2012 a billfurther to amend the constitution (scheduled castes) order, 1950 and the constitution (sikkim) scheduled castes order, 1978be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-third year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the constitution (scheduled castes) order(amendment) act, 2012co 192 in the schedule to the constitution (scheduled castes) order, 1950,—5(a) in part  viii - kerala,—amendment of the constitution (scheduled castes) order, 1950(i) for entry 46, substitute,—"46 palluvan, pulluvan";(ii) for entry 61, substitute,—10"61 thandan (excluding ezhuvas and thiyyas who are known as thandan, in the erstwhile cochin and malabar areas), (carpenter who are known as thachan, in the erstwhile cochin and travancore state) and thachar (other than carpenter)";(b) in part  ix—madhya pradesh, for entry 18, substitute,—"18 dahait, dahayat, dahat,  dahiya";(c) in  part xiii—orissa,—(i) for "orissa", substitute "odisha";5(ii) for entry 2, substitute,—"2 amant, amat, dandachhatra majhi, amata, amath";(iii) for entry 13, substitute,—"13 bedia, bejia, bajia";(iv) for entry 41, substitute,—10"41 jaggali, jaggili, jagli";(v) for entry 69, substitute,—"69 pan, pano, buna pana, desua pana, buna pano";(d) in part  xvii—tripura,—(i) for entry 4, substitute,—15"4 chamar, muchi, chamar-rohidas, chamar-ravidas";(ii) for entrty 7, substitute,—"7 dhoba, dhobi";(iii) for entry 12, substitute,—"12 jalia kaibarta, jhalo-malo"co 110203 in the schedule to the constitution (sikkim) scheduled castes order, 1978, entry 3 shall be omittedamendment of the constitution (sikkim) scheduled castes order, 1978 statement of objects and reasonsin accordance with the provisions of article 341 of the constitution, six presidential orders were issued between 1950 and 1978 for specifying scheduled castes in respect of various states and union territories these orders have been amended from time to time by acts of  parliament enacted between 1956 and 2007 under clause (2) of article 341 of the constitution2 proposals have been received from the state governments of kerala, madhya pradesh, odisha, tripura and sikkim for certain modifications in the list of scheduled castes of these states, by way of modification of certain existing entries for inclusion of certain communities as scheduled castes in the case of the first four states and omission of an existing entry in the case of sikkim the national commission for scheduled castes and the registrar general of india have conveyed their concurrence to the proposed changes3 in order to give effect to the above changes, it is necessary to amend the following two constitution (scheduled castes) orders, namely:—(i) the constitution (scheduled castes) order, 1950, in respect of kerala, madhya pradesh, odisha and tripura; and(ii) the constitution (sikkim) scheduled castes order, 19784 the bill seeks to achieve the aforesaid objectivesmukul wasnikthe 12th may, 2012 financial memorandumthe bill seeks to include certain synonymous communities in respect of entries in the list of scheduled castes for the states of kerala, madhya pradesh, odisha and tripura this will entail some additional recurring and non-recurring expenditure on account of benefits of schemes meant for the development of the scheduled castes to which the persons belonging to the newly added communities will become entitled, as a result of this bill2 it is not possible to estimate with any degree of precision the likely expenditure which would have to be incurred on this account due to non-availability of caste-wise data annexure extracts from the constitution (scheduled castes) order, 1950 (co 19)     part viii—kerala    46  palluvan     61 thandan (excluding ezhuvas and thiyyas who are known as thandan, in the erstwhile cochin and malabar areas) and (carpenters who are known as thachan, in the erstwhile cochin and travancore state)     part ix—madhya pradesh    18  dahait, dahayat, dahat      part xiii—orissa    2  amant, amat, dandachhatra majhi     13 bedia, bejia     41  jaggali     69  pan, pano, buna pana, desua pana      part xvii—tripura    4  chamar, muchi     7 dhoba     12  jalia kaibarta     extract from the constitution (sikkim) scheduled castes order, 1978(co 110)     the schedule    3 majhi (nepali)     ———— abillfurther to amend the constitution (scheduled castes) order, 1950 and the constitution (sikkim) scheduled castes order, 1978————(shri mukul wasnik, minister of social justice and empowerment)gmgipmrnd—1170ls(s3)—15-05-2012