Part XVI of the Constitution of India

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Part XVI of the Constitution of India is the section that provides special provisions and safeguards for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and other disadvantaged groups, including the establishment of related constitutional bodies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Part of the Constitution of India ⓘ
aimsAt political empowerment of disadvantaged communities in India ⓘ
appliesTo Anglo-Indian community ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Indians

Other Backward Classes ⓘ
Scheduled Castes ⓘ
Scheduled Tribes ⓘ
socially and educationally backward classes ⓘ
authorizes Parliament of India to include or exclude groups from the lists of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes ⓘ
President of India to specify Scheduled Castes ⓘ
President of India to specify Scheduled Tribes ⓘ
containsArticlesFrom Article 330 ⓘ
containsArticlesTo Article 342A ⓘ
definesByArticle Article 341 ⓘ
Article 342 ⓘ
Article 342A ⓘ
establishesConceptOf Scheduled Castes ⓘ
Scheduled Tribes ⓘ
governs claims of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to services and posts in the Union and the States ⓘ
hasTitle Special Provisions Relating to Certain Classes ⓘ
includesArticle Article 330 ⓘ
Article 331 ⓘ
Article 332 ⓘ
Article 333 ⓘ
Article 334 ⓘ
Article 335 ⓘ
Article 336 ⓘ
Article 337 ⓘ
Article 338 ⓘ
Article 338A ⓘ
Article 338B ⓘ
Article 339 ⓘ
Article 340 ⓘ
Article 341 ⓘ
Article 342 ⓘ
Article 342A ⓘ
partOf Constitution of India ⓘ
providesFor National Commission for Backward Classes ⓘ
National Commission for Scheduled Castes ⓘ
National Commission for Scheduled Tribes ⓘ
representation of the Anglo-Indian community in the House of the People ⓘ
representation of the Anglo-Indian community in the Legislative Assemblies of the States ⓘ
reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Municipalities (through related constitutional scheme) ⓘ
reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Panchayats (through related constitutional scheme) ⓘ
reservation of seats in the House of the People for Scheduled Castes ⓘ
reservation of seats in the House of the People for Scheduled Tribes ⓘ
reservation of seats in the Legislative Assemblies of the States for Scheduled Castes ⓘ
reservation of seats in the Legislative Assemblies of the States for Scheduled Tribes ⓘ
relatesTo electoral reservations ⓘ
political representation of disadvantaged groups ⓘ
safeguards for Anglo-Indian community ⓘ
safeguards for Scheduled Castes ⓘ
safeguards for Scheduled Tribes ⓘ
safeguards for socially and educationally backward classes ⓘ
setsTimeLimitFor reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in legislatures (subject to periodic constitutional amendments) ⓘ

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Article 338 of the Constitution of India → locatedIn → Part XVI of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Article 338 of the Constitution of India → locatedIn → Chapter XVI of the Constitution of India ⓘ
linked to: Part XVI of the Constitution of India
Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976 → affectedPart → Part XVI of the Constitution of India ⓘ