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Revision note: Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes: Laws, Institutions and Schemes

  • Census 2011: SC 16.6%, ST 8.6%; highest SC share Punjab; largest ST population MP
  • Arts 17, 46, 338, 338A, 341, 342, 330, 332, 244, 275(1); 89th Amdt split NCSC/NCST
  • PCR Act 1955; PoA Act 1989 (2015 amdt; 2018 amdt s.18A upheld in Prathvi Raj Chauhan 2020)
  • Manual Scavengers Act 2013; NAMASTE 2023
  • FRA 2006 (gram sabha; Niyamgiri 2013); PESA 1996
  • Schemes: Post-Matric scholarship, PM-AJAY, Stand-Up India, EMRS, Van Dhan, PM-JANMAN (75 PVTGs)
  • Davinder Singh 2024: sub-classification of SCs allowed
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