Kerala - Apply for Community Certificate for Primitive Tribe (Caste Certificate)

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. To Apply for Community Certificate for Primitive Tribe (Caste Certificate) in person, the applicant has to visit any nearest Municipality or Tehsil office in his/her state of residence link
2. An application form will be provided to the applicant by the concerned officer.
3. The applicant has to fill in all the necessary details in the application form.
4. The applicant has to attach or provide the required documents that are mentioned in the “Required Documents” section of this page (If required).
5. The applicant has to attach the photocopies of the required documents along with the application form while submitting.
6. Submit all the documents with the completed form to the office.
7. The fee for this procedure has to be paid as per the authority’s request.
8. Once the verification process gets done by the officer, the applicant gets the notification from the department.
   • Note: Before issuing a Community Certificate for Primitive Tribe, the Taluk and Panchayat Union Offices, as well as the Panchayat and Chavadi in the village, will publish the certificates belonging to these people on notice board to ensure that there are no objections against the applicants receiving the certificate.

Apply Online:

1. To Apply for Community Certificate for Primitive Tribe (Caste Certificate), the applicant has to make the application online via e-District Kerala website link
2. Register on this website e-district website by clicking on Portal user registration.
3. The page will redirect to the next page. Enter the details; Select the login name and password. The applicant has to select the password recovery question and answer for this and enter the shown case sensitive characters. #Click on validate and register.
4. Now, the applicant can log in into the portal using the username and password.
5. To avail certificate services in e-district Kerala, the applicant has to do a one-time registration.
6. This can be done by clicking the menu ‘one-time registration’ after status on “transaction history” on the left tab. After receiving a “certificate issued” SMS on the mobile number login into e-District and take a print out. #After filling all the details. Click the duplicate button.
7. This will find out if the applicant has already registered through Akshaya Centers or so and enable them to pick details. After a successful duplicate check, the ‘submit’ button will be allowed.
8. Click the submit button to register. The ‘Edit Registration’ option lets the applicant edit the registered details.
9. Click Applicant registration the link will go to the next page. Click on duplicate; the system will automatically check the duplicate application. Click on “Submit”.
10. Once the applicant has registered the application, click on “apply for certificate” and then click on get started.
11. Enter e-District register number and select certificate type (Caste certificate). Select the certificate purpose. Religion Category Caste to be entered.
12. Enter the applicant’s name and select self from relationship drop-down menu.
13. Click on Save. Then the applicant will be led to the “attach document” section.
14. Upload certificates like Ration card, Affidavit, Caste certificate of relation, School Certificate, Aadhaar card. Once the applicant has uploaded all the documents, they can make payment. Go through this detail and click on payment.
15. The applicant can pay the fee by Net banking, Debit card payment, Credit card payment, Cash-card prepaid, wallets or IMPS.
16. When the applicant makes a successful payment, they will be redirected to the receipt page. They can take a print out of this receipt and application.
17. The applicant can check the status of “transaction history” on the left tab. After receiving a “certificate issued” SMS on the mobile number login into e-District and take a print out.

Apply through Centres:

1. To Apply for Community Certificate for Primitive Tribe (Caste Certificate), the applicant has to approach nearby Common Service Center (CSC) Link. Also, the applicant can approach nearby Akshaya service centre link
   • Note: The applicant has to select their state, district and block from the drop-down menu or the applicant can click on their respective district to find nearby center.
2. An application form will be provided to the applicant by the concerned officer. Or the applicant has to provide their details to the concerned officer.
3. The applicant has to fill in all the necessary details in the application form.
4. The applicant has to attach or provide the required documents that are mentioned in the “Required Documents” section of this page (If required).
5. Submit the completed application, document and applicable fees to the centre staff.
6. Application submitted will be processed and receipt with application number will be issued.
7. The applicant is informed through SMS at various stages i.e., Advance intimation about date of visit of the official to his place of residence for verification of his application, Approval/Rejection of his application.

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Required Documents

The following documents are necessary:

• Filled application of the Community Certificate
• Parents’ identity proof and an affidavit stating the applicant’s name, father’s name, address, and community; if the particular applicant is a minor
• Address Proof
• Ration Card
• Proof for the age of the applicant
• Caste Certificate of the parents
• Aadhar Card
• Photo
• Self-Declaration Form
• Community Certificate of Parents
• School Certificates of Parents
• School Leaving Certificate (if applicable)
• Transfer Certificate(if applicable)

Office Locations & Contacts

Municipal Corporation
Address: Park Ave Rd, Marine Drive, Kochi, Kerala 682011
Phone: 0484 236 9007
Website Link
Other Districts Link
For More Information: Link
Details for each district:Contact link
Please click on the state name. In the new page, click on the district name. This will lead you to the district website. In the new page, click on the appropriate button to get the contact details. Click on “ABOUT DISTRICT>>WHO’S WHO” or “DIRECTORY” or “Contact Us” .

Eligibility

The following are the eligibility criteria for a person to apply for a Primitive Tribe community certificate:

• The applicant should belong to PVTG category
• The applicant should be an Indian citizen
• The applicant should have completed 3 years of age

Fees

• The Form Fee is Rs. 60 at Govt. offices.
• At private browsing centres it’ll cost between Rs200 to Rs400.

Validity

The Certificate is Valid Forever

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Processing Time

Generally, it will take 30 days. In case of delays, please enquire the concerned officer regarding the processing time.

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Instructions

The community of a person is determined based on the documents that are registered, community certificates of the parents, school certificates of the applicant, open inquiries made by the members of the local body, verification of their residence, personal inquiry of the applicant, etc.

Required Information

• Name of the Applicant
• Father/Husband’s Name
• Sex (M/F)
• Residential Address
• Ration Card No.
• Date of application
• Signature of the Applicant

Need for the Document

• Community certificate is an important document issued by the Revenue Department to certify that a person belongs to a particular reserved community
• Community certificate issued by the concerned State Governments is also known as caste certificate.

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Other uses of the Document/Certificate

Community certificate is mandatory for obtaining benefits in education and employment sectors from the Government.

External Links

PVTG community welfare Community Link
Ministry of Tribal Affairs Tribal Affairs

Others

• In 1973, the Dhebar Commission created Primitive Tribal Groups (PVTGs) as a separate category, who are less developed among the tribal groups.
• In 1975, the Government of India initiated to identify the most vulnerable tribal groups as a separate category called PVTGs and declared 52 such groups, while in 1993 an additional 23 groups were added to the category, making it a total of 75 PVTGs, spread over 18 states and one Union Territory (A&N Islands) in the country (2011 census).
• Among the 75 listed PVTG’s the highest number are found in Odisha (13), followed by Andhra Pradesh (12).
• PVTGs have some basic characteristics - they are mostly homogenous, with a small population, relatively physically isolated, absence of written language, relatively simple technology and a slower rate of change, etc.