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“India is unique in having a highly sophisticated minority rights protection system for its Scheduled Tribes”: Constitutional provisions and their implementation
The highly heterogeneous Adivasi (“original inhabitants”) represent India’s de facto indigenous peoples. De jure, however, they are not recognised as indigenous and are instead designated as Scheduled Tribes in the Fifth Schedule of the Indian Constitution. India is unique in … Continue reading
Posted in Adverse inclusion, Constitution and Supreme Court, Economy and development, Health and nutrition, Names and communities, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes, Organizations, Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG), Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Scheduled Tribe (ST), Western Ghats – Tribal heritage and ecology
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eBook | Constitutional obligations towards communities “suffering from extreme social, educational and economic backwardness” and “untouchability” – Government of India
Welcome to NCST – National Commission for Scheduled Tribes The framers of the Constitution took note of the fact that certain communities in the country were suffering from extreme social, educational and economic backwardness arising out of age-old practice of untouchability … Continue reading
Posted in Constitution and Supreme Court, Customs, De- and re-tribalisation, eBook eJournal ePaper, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Ekalavya (Eklavya, Eklabya), EMR & Factory schools, Government of India, Modernity, Resources, Rural poverty, Scheduled Tribe (ST), Women
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India’s constitution: “A Secular State”
Posted in Constitution and Supreme Court, Democracy, Government of India, History, Quotes, Tips, Worship and rituals
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Provisions for particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTG): India’s Constitution guarantees justice “in tune with the customary law” of Scheduled Tribes
“Primitive, geographically isolated, shy and socially, educationally & economically backwardness these are the traits that distinguish Scheduled Tribes of our country from other communities. Tribal communities live in about 15% of the country’s areas in various ecological and geo-climatic conditions … Continue reading
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“Why India Needs Scheduled Tribes to Educate its Future Judges”: Adivasi rights and the the Indian constitution
The rights of adivasis in the Indian constitution are not an act of benevolence to “mainstream and uplift them” but a recognition that the “mainstream” of Indian society has many streams that flow into it, each of them equally valid. … Continue reading →