2 Constitution & Welfare of Weaker Sections · 2.2 Tribes of India and AP

2.2.3 Constitutional and legal safeguards for STs: Article 342, Fifth and Sixth Schedules and PESA

STs are protected by reservation and welfare articles, by two special systems of area administration (the Fifth Schedule for most States and the Sixth for four north-eastern States), by PESA's self-rule for Gram Sabhas, and by the Atrocities Act.

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Key terms

  • Fifth Schedule
  • Sixth Schedule
  • Scheduled Areas
  • Tribes Advisory Council
  • Governor's regulations
  • Autonomous District Council
  • Bodoland Territorial Council
  • NCST
  • 89th Amendment
  • 94th Amendment
  • PESA 1996
  • Gram Sabha
  • minor minerals
  • SC/ST Atrocities Act
  • Section 18A

What this note covers

  1. Core factsFoundation
  2. ExplainedStandard
  3. DeeperAdvanced
  4. AP angleStandard
  5. Mains writingMains writing
  6. Common trapsFoundation
  7. Quick revisionFoundation

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