What is Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes?, Explain Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

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Title: What is Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes?, Explain Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Created on: 2018-08-19

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Description: The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are officially designated groups of historically disadvantaged people in India. The terms are recognised in the Constitution of India and the groups are designated in one or other of the categories. For much of the period of British rule in the Indian subcontinent, they were known as the Depressed Classes. The people in scheduled castes is essentially lowest part of hindu society. In modern literature, the Scheduled Castes/Tribes are sometimes referred to as untouchables; in Tamil Nadu they are referred as Adi Dravida; and in other states mostly referred as scheduled castes.The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes comprise about 16.6% and 14%, respectively, of India's population . The Constitution Order, 1950 lists 1,108 castes across 29 states in its First Schedule, and the Constitution Order, 1950 lists 744 tribes across 22 states in its First Schedule.Since the independence of India, the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes were given Reservation status, guaranteeing political representation. The Constitution lays down the general principles of positive discrimination for SCs and STs.

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SCS and STS are different

SCS are called untouchabiles in Hindu Varna society many of them accepted Sikhism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity due to discrimination in Hindu Varna system

Whereas STS are economically disadvantaged classes who mostly living in forests or hilly areas they are not untouchables but most of them are Christians and Hindu diety worshippers but still don't consider themselves Hindus

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that's just what's written on Wikipedia. Cringe and not useful

[decland]

What are the scheduled for? We know what a tribe is.