Paite people

The Paite people, are original ethnic group in Northeast India, mainly living in Manipur and Mizoram. The Paite Schedule Tribe is recognized as schedule tribe under: The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950; The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950; The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) (Union Territories) Order, 1951; The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) (Union Territories) Order, 1951; as amended by the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes List (Modification) Order, 1956; the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960; the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966; the State of (Union Territories) Order, 1951; the State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970; the North Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971, and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment) Act, 1976; The Constitution (SC) Orders (Amendment) Act, 1990; The Constitution (ST) Orders (Amendment) Ordinance, 1990; The Constitution (ST) Orders (Second Amendment) Act, 1990; The Constitution (SC) Order (Amendment) Ordinance, 1991; The Constitution (ST) Order (Second Amendment) Act, 1991; The Constitution (ST) Order (Amendment) Ordinance, 1996; The Constitution (SC/ST) Orders (Amendment) Act, 2002; The Constitution (SC) Orders (Amendment) Act, 2011 (No.2 of 2012).