Union territories, Scheduled and Tribal Areas, special States, classes and language
Special provisions for SCs, STs and backward classes (Part XVI)
Practise 5 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Reservation of seats in legislatures and the extending sunset (Art. 330, 332, 334)
- Claims to services and efficiency of administration (Art. 335)
- National Commissions for SCs and STs (Art. 338, 338A); reports to the President
- National Commission for Backward Classes made constitutional (Art. 338B, 102nd Amendment)
- Notification of SCs and STs by the President; State-specific lists (Art. 341-342)
- Socially and educationally backward classes; 342A; 105th Amendment restores State lists
- Commission under Article 340; Mandal Commission
- Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups: criteria and count