- Hatti community of Himachal Pradesh got ST status.
- The Himachal Pradesh government issued a notification to grant Scheduled Tribes (ST) status to the Hatti community of Sirmaur district.
- Members of the Hatti community were demanding to implement the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Act, 2023, and notifying the community as ST.
- The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Bill, 2023 was notified by the President on 4 August 2023.
Hatti Community
- The Hattis are a close-knit community. Their main occupation is to sell homegrown crops, vegetables, meat and wool.
- Hattis live in 154 panchayat areas and members of the community numbered 2.5 lakh in the 2011 Census. The present population of the Hattis is around 3 lakh.
- The Hattis are governed by a traditional council called ‘khumbli’.
- The Hatti community lives in the basin of the Giri and Tons rivers.