Consider the following statements: 1. The Governor of a State is the one who recognizes and declares any community of that State as a Scheduled Tribe. 2. It is not necessary for a community declared as a Scheduled Tribe in one State to be so in another State. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Under Article 342 of the Constitution, it is the President of India (and not the Governor) who, after consultation with the Governor of the State concerned, specifies the tribes or tribal communities to be deemed as Scheduled Tribes in relation to a State or Union Territory. Any subsequent inclusion or exclusion can be done only by Parliament. Hence statement 1 is incorrect. Statement 2 is correct — a community recognised as a Scheduled Tribe in one State need not necessarily be a Scheduled Tribe in another State, because the notification is State-specific. Therefore only statement 2 is correct.