XI LOK SABHA DEBATES,   Session IV (Budget) 

Thursday , February 27, 1997 / Phalguna  8, 1918 (Saka)



Type of Debate: MATTERS UNDER RULE 377		

Title: Re: need to include Betra community of Orissa in the list of Scheduled 
Caste.

TEXT :
  RE: NEED TO INCLUDE BETRA COMMUNITY OF ORISSA IN THE 

 LIST OF SCHEDULED CASTE


SHRI  K.P.SINGH  DEO  (DHENKANAL): A large number of people belonging to Betra
community are living in Athamalik belt in Angul district of Orissa. The people
of Betra community are very poor, backward and economically weaker section  of
the society.    They  have  got matrimonial alliance as well as relations with
Scheduled Caste (sub caste Hadi) community residing in Sambalpur,  Sundargarh,
Kalahandi,  Bolangir,  Phulabani,  Cuttack,  Balasore  and  other districts or
Orissa.  Their main profession is to make baskets  and  other  materials  from
bamboo.

	The Betra community has appealed to the State Government of Orissa for
their inclusion  as  Scheduled  Caste.    The  State  Government of Orissa has
strongly recommended their case to the  Central  Government  for  their  early
inclusion in the list of Scheduled Caste.

	As  the  case  of Betra community is genuine and the matter is pending
since long, it is urgently necessary on the part of the Central Government  to
consider their  demand.    As  such,  I  demand that Betra community living in
Athamalik belt of Orissa be included in the Scheduled Caste list  without  any
further delay.

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