Scheduled Castes

E64341

affirmative action beneficiary group legal category social group

Scheduled Castes are historically disadvantaged communities in India that receive constitutional protections and affirmative action measures, including reserved seats in legislatures, to address past discrimination and promote social equality.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Scheduled Castes canonical	18
Scheduled Castes in India	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	affirmative action beneficiary group ⓘ legal category ⓘ social group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Dalit ⓘ surface form: Dalits SCs ⓘ
associatedWithLeader	B. R. Ambedkar ⓘ
benefitsFrom	reservation in education ⓘ reservation in legislatures ⓘ reservation in public employment ⓘ scholarship schemes ⓘ welfare schemes ⓘ
commissionConstitutionalArticle	Article 338 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
constitutionalArticle	Article 341 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
definedIn	Constitution of India ⓘ
discriminationProhibitedBy	Article 15 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion	community must be specified in the Presidential Order for that state or union territory ⓘ
faceIssues	economic deprivation ⓘ educational disadvantage ⓘ social exclusion ⓘ
governedByLaw	Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 ⓘ Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 ⓘ
hasDedicatedCommission	National Commission for Scheduled Castes ⓘ
hasLegalBasis	Scheduled Castes Orders issued by the President of India ⓘ
hasReservedSeatsIn	Lok Sabha ⓘ State Legislative Assemblies ⓘ
historicallyDisadvantaged	true ⓘ
historicallySubjectTo	caste-based discrimination ⓘ untouchability ⓘ
identificationProcess	consultation with Governor of the concerned state ⓘ
identifiedBy	President of India ⓘ
listedIn	Presidential Orders under Article 341 ⓘ
monitoredBy	Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment ⓘ National Commission for Scheduled Castes ⓘ
policyInstrument	reservation policy ⓘ
policyObjective	promotion of social equality ⓘ removal of inequalities ⓘ social justice ⓘ
populationShare	significant minority of India’s population ⓘ
protectedBy	Article 17 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
protectionIncludes	abolition of untouchability ⓘ
reservationInLegislaturesProvidedBy	Articles 330 and 332 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
reservationPermittedBy	Article 15(4) of the Constitution of India ⓘ Article 16(4) of the Constitution of India ⓘ
subdividedBy	state ⓘ
subjectOf	affirmative action policies in India ⓘ caste census and socio-economic surveys ⓘ social reform movements in India ⓘ

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Input

Subject: Scheduled Castes
Description of subject: Scheduled Castes are historically disadvantaged communities in India that receive constitutional protections and affirmative action measures, including reserved seats in legislatures, to address past discrimination and promote social equality.

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lok Sabha → hasReservedSeatsFor → Scheduled Castes ⓘ

Indian Forest Service Examination → ageRelaxationAvailableFor → Scheduled Castes ⓘ

State Legislative Assemblies → reservationOfSeats → Scheduled Castes ⓘ

Dalit → associatedWith → Scheduled Castes ⓘ

Dalit → legalCategoryInIndia → Scheduled Castes ⓘ

Dalit Buddhist movement → focusesOn → Scheduled Castes ⓘ

Scheduled Castes Federation → supportedBy → Scheduled Castes ⓘ

Scheduled Castes Federation → represents → Scheduled Castes ⓘ

Scheduled Castes Federation → namedAfter → Scheduled Castes ⓘ

Panchayat → hasReservationFor → Scheduled Castes ⓘ

Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department → focusesOn → Scheduled Castes ⓘ

Article 338 of the Constitution of India → subjectMatter → Scheduled Castes ⓘ

Article 341 of the Constitution of India → relatesTo → Scheduled Castes ⓘ

Article 341 of the Constitution of India → legalConcept → Scheduled Castes ⓘ

Article 17 of the Constitution of India → protects → Scheduled Castes ⓘ

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 → protectsGroup → Scheduled Castes ⓘ

Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 → protects → Scheduled Castes ⓘ

National Commission for Scheduled Castes → hasJurisdictionOver → Scheduled Castes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scheduled Castes in India

National Commission for Scheduled Castes → appliesToDemographicGroup → Scheduled Castes ⓘ