SCs

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SCs refers to the Scheduled Castes in India, a group of historically disadvantaged communities recognized in the Constitution for affirmative action and social protection.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
SCs canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf affirmative action beneficiary group ⓘ
legal category ⓘ
social group ⓘ
administeredBy Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment ⓘ
aimOfPolicy promotion of equality ⓘ
removal of historical disadvantages ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
associatedWith caste-based discrimination ⓘ
benefitsFrom reservation in Lok Sabha seats ⓘ
reservation in State Legislative Assembly seats ⓘ
cannotInclude non-Hindu communities historically, except as later notified ⓘ
country India ⓘ
definedIn Article 341 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
eligibleFor reservation in education ⓘ
reservation in legislatures ⓘ
reservation in public employment ⓘ
scholarships ⓘ
welfare schemes ⓘ
governedBy Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Orders ⓘ
state-specific Scheduled Castes lists ⓘ
hasCommission National Commission for Scheduled Castes ⓘ
hasLegalBasis Constitution of India ⓘ
Scheduled Castes Orders issued under Article 341 ⓘ
hasSubgroup Dalits ⓘ
linked to: Dalit
historically economically disadvantaged communities ⓘ
socially disadvantaged communities ⓘ
subject to untouchability ⓘ
includesCommunities caste groups notified by the President of India under Article 341 ⓘ
linkedTo abolition of untouchability under Article 17 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
mentionedIn Article 341 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
monitoredBy National Commission for Scheduled Castes ⓘ
policyInstrument quotas in educational institutions ⓘ
quotas in government jobs ⓘ
targeted welfare schemes ⓘ
policyObjective upliftment of marginalized communities ⓘ
populationGroupOf India ⓘ
protectedBy Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 ⓘ
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 ⓘ
recognizedAs backward class for the purposes of the Constitution of India ⓘ
recognizedBy Constitution of India ⓘ
relatedTo Other Backward Classes ⓘ
Scheduled Tribes ⓘ
shortName SCs ⓘ
subjectOf affirmative action policies in India ⓘ
reservation policy debates in India ⓘ
subjectTo caste census enumeration ⓘ
variesBy state in India ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Scheduled Castes → shortName → SCs ⓘ
subject linked to: SCs