INCLUSION OF THE BADAGA COMMUNITY IN THE ST LIST

• Badaga is a community concentrated in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu; demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status has been long-standing, but the proposal has stalled at the Registrar General of India (RGI) stage.
• Demonstrates the procedural rigour and federal sequencing required to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 — a recurring UPSC theme on inclusion/exclusion in SC/ST lists.