Articles promoting Advancement of STs/SCs

  • Art. 15 (4): Special provisions for advancement of STs
  • Art. 16 (4): Reservation of appointments or posts in favour of any backward class (including STs).
  • Art. 46: The State shall promote, with special care, the educational and economic interests of the weaker sections of the people, and in particular, of the Scheduled Castes, and the Scheduled Tribes.
  • Art. 350: Right to conserve distinct Language, Script or Culture;
  • Art. 350 A: State to provide adequate facilities for instruction in the mother-tongue at the primary stage of education to children belonging to linguistic minority groups (including STs).
  • Art.244: Provisions of Fifth Schedule shall apply to the administration & control of the Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes in any State other than the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura which are covered under Sixth Schedule.
  • Art. 164: Provides for Tribal Affairs Ministers in Bihar, MP and Odisha;
  • Art. 330: Reservation of seats for STs in Lok Sabha;
  • Art. 337: Reservation of seats for STs in State Legislatures;
  • Art. 243:- Reservation of seats in Panchayats.