Santhals and Oraons may get ST status in Assam

Santhal and Oraon tribals settled in Assam for over hundred years, and working in tea gardens there, would soon get the status of scheduled tribe in that state, an official release said here today.
Assam government officials told Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das in Guwahati today that the state has sent a proposal to the Centre to include the Santhals and Oraons, who have settled in Assam for more than hundred years, in the list of schedule tribes, the release said.