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
Where to study
The Constitution of India
- Art. 330-342A
- Art. 330
- Art. 332
- Art. 334
- Art. 335
- Art. 338-338A
- Art. 338B
- Art. 341-342
- Art. 342A
- Art. 340
Indian Polity · M. Laxmikanth
- ch. 63 Special Provisions Relating to Certain Classes
- ch. 42 National Commission for SCs
National Commission for Scheduled Castes: home page
- home
The National Commission for Backward Classes (Repeal) Act, 2018
- s. 2 Repeal and savings (National Commission for Backward Classes Act 1993 repealed on the 102nd Amendment)
NCERT Class XII Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 8: Recent Developments in Indian Politics
- pp. 9-12 'Political Rise of Other Backward Classes'
Supreme Court of India, Indra Sawhney Etc. Etc vs Union Of India And Others, Etc. Etc. on 16 November, 1992
- judgment of 16 November 1992 (Mandal Commission report)