 bill no 44  of  2018 the constitution (scheduled castes) (union territories) order (amendment) bill, 2018 by shrimati meenakashi lekhi, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution (scheduled castes) (union territories) order, 1951be  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title, and commencement1 (1) this act may be called the constitution (scheduled castes) (union territories)order (amendment) act, 20185(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appointamendment of the scheduleco 322 in the schedule to the constitution (scheduled castes) (union territories) order,1951,—(i) in part i—delhi,—(a) for entry 8, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"8 balmiki valmiki";10(b) for entry 10, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"10 jatava or jatav, mochi, ramdasia, ravidasi, raidasi, rehgarh or raigar";(c) for entry 11, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"11 balmiki, valmiki";(d) entry 12, shall be omitted; and (e) for entry 20, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—5"20 gihara"(ii) in part ii—chandigarh,—(a) for entry 7, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"7 balmiki";(b) for entry 9, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"9 jatav, jatia, rehgar, raigar, ramdasi or ravidasi"10(iii) in part iii—daman and diu, for entry 1, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:— "1 balmiki or valmiki" statement of objects and reasonsas per provisions contained in articles 341 and 342 of the constitution, the list of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes were notified by the presidential orders during the year 1950 and 1951 in respect of various states and union territories respectivelyhowever, the connotation attached to the terms used for certain castes such as"bhangi", "chamar" or "chuhra" is extremely derogatory these words are not longer reminiscent of their etymological meaning and have acquired a derogatory connotation due to the context in which they are generally used in our society these words are used by others to insult, abuse and deride the people belonging to the scheduled castes and are highly offensive in nature banning these words is important to prevent indignities, humiliation and harassment to the members belonging to these communitiescorrect usage of "gihara" is also important to prevent neglecting the importance these communities attach to the name of their caste and also to prevent any inconsistency in the official usage of the namehence this billnew delhi;meenakashi  lekhijanuary 24, 2018 financial memorandumthe bill seeks to amend the constitution (scheduled castes) (union territory) order,1951 in respect of delhi, chandigarh and daman and diu with a view to substitute names of certain castes which are derogatory and offensive in nature with new and correct names of castes which are in usage in a way, no new castes are being added in list of scheduled castes in respect of three union territories and as such no additional expenditure is involved on this account the bill, therefore, if enacted would not involve any additional recurring and non-recurring expenditure from the consolidated fund of india annexureextract from the constitution (scheduled castes) (union territory) order, 1951       [the schedule]part i—delhi throughout the union territory:— 1        7        8 bhangi 9        10 chamar, chanwar chamar, jatava or jatav chamar, mochi, ramdasia, ravidasi, raidasi, rehgarh or raigar11 chohra (sweeper) 12 chuhra (balmiki) 20 kanjar or giarah         [part ii]—chandigarh1        6        7 balmiki, chura or bhangi 8        9 chamar, jatia chamar, rehgar, raigar, ramdasi or ravidasi        [part iii]—daman and diu1 bhangi (hadi)        ———— a billfurther to amend the constitution (scheduled castes) (union territories) order, 1951————(shrimati meenakashi lekhi, mp)mgipmrnd—3957ls(s3)—09-02-2018