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	Scheduled Castes and Tribes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are communities that are accorded special status by the Constitution of India.
		The Scheduled Tribes were unable to participate in the community life of the Indian Society and were thus deprived of any opportunity for integration with the rest of the society and corresponding opportunities for educational, social and economic growth.
		Therefore, to prevent atrocities against the people belonging to Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes and punish the offenders of such crimes, the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 was enacted by the parliament.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scheduled_Castes_and_Tribes (1205 words)

	Districts: scheduled caste definition
		Likewise, question 3 of the household scheduled enquires whether the head of the household belongs to scheduled caste or scheduled tribe and question 4 the name of the scheduled caste/tribe of the head of the household, if the answer to question 3 is in the affirmative.
		If a person merely claimed to be a scheduled caste or scheduled tribe, but said that he/she did not belong to any of the notified communities applicable to the area, as reflected in the list supplied to the enumerator, he/she was not reckoned as belonging to a scheduled caste or a scheduled tribe.
		If the person belonging to a scheduled caste or scheduled tribe returned his caste or tribe by any synonym or generic name of the caste or tribe not mentioned in the list, he was not eligible to be entered as belonging to a scheduled caste or tribe.
	www.bsos.umd.edu /socy/vanneman/districts/codebook/defsc.html (837 words)

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		Castes found in Tamil Nadu in general and Ramanathapuram district in particular may broadly be grouped into three categories: Brahmins, non-Brahmins and the Scheduled Castes.
		The Pallar caste is considered to be the highest caste among the lower or the Scheduled Castes and lower caste among the higher castes or the caste Hindus in Tamil Nadu.
		A few caste Hindu leaders did eat with the Pallars during the weddings of latter to demonstrate their \'91unbiased\'92 attitude towards them and to ensure their votes but, in general, inter-dinning and inter-caste marriages between them are never tolerated.
	www.tamilnation.org /caste/ramaiah.doc (7389 words)

	aicc Charter
		It must be remembered that the declaration incorporated in paragraph 3 deeming them to be members of the Scheduled Castes was a declaration made for the purpose of the Constitution.
		The list of Scheduled castes drawn in 1950 was a revised version of the list of Scheduled Castes under the Government of India Act, 1935, which, in turn was the continuation of earlier list of depressed classes.
		The National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes have opined that the inclusion of `Dalit' Christians in the list of Scheduled Castes for the purpose of reservation is neither desirable nor justifiable.
	www.aiccindia.org /ans90.html (759 words)

	Definitions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Caste is not being replaced by class, and caste is still changing rapidly finding a place for itself in non- conventional and secular domains of social, political and economic life (:5).
		"Caste and Land in Colonial South India" by A. Nagaraja Naidu highlights that in the the colonial period, in South India, the lower castes were dalits and perceived the upper caste landlords as their enemy and not the British as the latter were not directly exploiting them (:15-16).
		Caste goes beyond the boundaries of kinship and family ties as it involves specialisation of labour/work on a wider corporate basis.
	www.saxakali.com /southasia/litrev2.htm (9189 words)

	H044: Demand for Family Planning Among Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In Tamil Nadu the scheduled tribe population was negligible (PRC, Lucknow and IIPs, 1994; PRC, Pune and IIPS, 1994; PRC, Gandhigram and IIPS, 1994).
		A district having a higher proportion of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe population is likely to have lesser prevalence of sterilisation, and this relationship holds even after controlling a few socioeconomic characteristics of a district, such as its level of female literacy, percent of urban population, per cent of main workers to total population.
		Among scheduled caste and scheduled tribe women having knowledge of all the modern methods, 30 percent of the non-users expressed the desire to use family planning in the future.
	www.hsph.harvard.edu /Organizations/healthnet/SAsia/suchana/0100/h044.html (4369 words)

	National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR)
		Article 335, states that the claims of the members of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes shall be taken into consideration, consistently with the maintenance of efficiency of administration, in the making of appointments to services and posts in the affairs of the Union or of a State.
		Article 366(24) defines Scheduled Castes to mean such castes, races or tribes or parts of or groups within such castes, races or tribes as are deemed under Article 341 to be Scheduled Castes for the purposes of the Constitution.
		There are manifest inadequacies in implementation which are deeply frustrating and painful to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and, indeed, to all Indians who strive to end the injustice that persists in several forms and the atrocities that occur.
	www.dalits.org /nhrcstatementwcar.htm (2115 words)

	SCs/DALITS ARE NOT HINDUS Petition
		The Scheduled Castes are marginally represented in the national parliament as compared to Caste Hindus despite forming 70 per cent of the total "Hindu & Scheduled Castes" population due to this scheme.
		The Scheduled Castes should be given separate reserved seats in the Parliament and the four provincial assemblies as per their population ratio.
		The Scheduled Castes should be given special concessions in the economic, educational, social and political fields to remove "the wrongs and injustices" done to them in the past South Asian history.
	www.petitiononline.com /scfp2004/petition.html (251 words)

	Concluding Observations - CERD - India - Concluding observations adopted up to December 31, 2003
		In the area of employment, whereas in 1965, scheduled castes had constituted 13.17 per cent of all persons employed in the public services, and scheduled tribes, only 2.25 per cent, by 1983, their representation had increased to 16.24 and 4.56 per cent, respectively.
		The number of members of scheduled castes in top civil service posts, for which entry was by competitive examination, had increased more than tenfold, and their representation in second-category posts had risen sevenfold.
		The Committee is particularly concerned at reports that people belonging to the scheduled castes and tribes are often prevented from using public wells or from entering cafés or restaurants and that their children are sometimes separated from other children in schools, in violation of article 5 (f) of the Convention.
	www.bayefsky.com /html/india_t4_cerd.php (9739 words)

	Dalit Christians
		The Dalit Christians should be given the Scheduled Caste status and privileges so that they can enjoy the same political rights and socio-economic benefits as all other Scheduled Castes.
		The term "Scheduled Caste" was used by the British Government to designate all castes and classes previously covered under the term "Depressed Classes".
		"Scheduled Caste" means such castes, races or tribes or parts of or groups within such castes, races or tribes as are deemed under article 341 to be Scheduled Castes for the purposes of this Constitution.
	www.dalitchristians.com /Html/demands.htm (846 words)

	The Constitution And Reservation
		The exceptions to this principle are made in favour of women and children, the backward classes, the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, and the weaker sections.
		Article 335 states that the claims of the members of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes shall be taken into consideration consistently with the maintenance of efficiency of administration in the making of appointments to the services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union and of a State.
		Second, the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes were separated from the expression `backward classes' to make a distinction between them and the other backward classes (OBCs).
	www.countercurrents.org /dalit-sawant030703.htm (1276 words)

	Asian Studies Institute - Other published material
		The articulation of the Hindu identity of the lower caste peasantry in Bengal during the last phase of colonial rule was to a large extent the result of deliberate endeavours of the various Hindu religious organisations.
		On 6 May a "meeting of the scheduled caste inhabitants of the Gopalganj subdivision of Faridpur District" was held at the village of Tuthamandra.
		The point that this paper seeks to drive home is that the Scheduled Caste responses to the Hindu Mahasabha activities in the 1940s, as well as their electoral support for the Congress in 1946, reflected their integrationist feelings and their willingness to co-operate with their co-religionists across class and caste lines.
	www.vuw.ac.nz /asianstudies/publications/working/changingBorders.html (5881 words)

	Alibris: Castes
		A glossary of the tribes and castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province.
		Jaffrelot argues that the trend towards lower-caste representation in national politics constitutes a genuine "democratization" of India and that the social and economic effects of this "silent revolution" are bound to multiply in the years to come.
		The Tribes and Castes of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh
	www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Castes (493 words)

	Caste system in modern India
		In cities one can see different caste people mingling with each other, while in some rural areas there is still discrimination based on castes and sometimes also on untouchability.
		The castes, which were the elite of the Indian society, were classified as high castes.
		According to central government policy 15% of the government jobs and 15% of the students admitted to universities must be from Scheduled Castes.
	adaniel.tripod.com /modernindia.htm (1006 words)

	The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes - Broken People: Caste Violence Against India’s “Untouchables” (Human ...
		An Act to prevent the commission of offences of atrocities against the members of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, to provide for Special Courts for the trial of such offences and for the relief and rehabilitation of the victims of such offences and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
		(xv) forces or causes a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Sched uled Tribe to leave his house, village or other place of residence, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to five years and with fine.
		Whoever, being a public servant but not being a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe, wilfully neglects his duties required to be performed by him under this Act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to one year.
	www.hrw.org /hrw/reports/1999/india/India994-16.htm (2326 words)

	What is job quota in private sector all about?
		The Common Minimum Programme of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance suggests that there be job reservations for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in the private sector.
		The logic behind job quotas in the private sector is that scheduled castes and scheduled tribes will have greater opportunity or economic and social mobility.
		The UPA was serious enough to put in a reference regarding reservations in the private sector in the President's speech on June 7.
	inhome.rediff.com /money/2004/jun/09dt.htm (905 words)

	Discriminatory law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The proposed amendment to the Constitution, to ensure reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes students in private unaided professional institutions, does enjoy support cross-party support in Parliament.
		But while MPs will be exulting at this opportunity to project themselves as champions of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes welfare, a point of detail runs the risk of getting lost in their vacuous speeches when the amendment is debated upon in Parliament.
		The order was seen as having the potential of encouraging such colleges to deny admission to students from underprivileged families, especially those belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
	www.hvk.org /articles/1205/66.html (514 words)

	Dalit Solidarity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In spite of the various efforts of the governments, casteism and untouchability are a social problem specific to Indian Society.
		Demands have been made from time to time for extending these benefits and safeguards to the Christians of the Scheduled Castes origin by granting them recognition as the Scheduled Castes on the ground that the change of religion has not altered their social and economic conditions.
		Upon due consideration of these demands, it is proposed to amend the relevant Constitution (Scheduled Cates) Orders to include the Christian converts from the Scheduled Castes as the Scheduled Castes therein.
	www.dalitsolidarity.org /dalitsolidarity-www/html/Misra.html (577 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		He said 56 castes had been included in the category of scheduled castes with the approval of the Central Government and development schemes were being formulated for their welfare systematically.
		He said there were 15.3 lakh Scheduled Castes in the state as per the 2001 census, which came to 24.72 per cent of the state’s population.
		He said eight hostels for Scheduled Castes students had been constructed at a cost of Rs 2.15 crore and another was coming up at a cost of Rs 1.20 crore in Nalagarh.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2005/20050420/main7.htm (574 words)

	Haryana HC Quashes Classification Of Scheduled Castes - News.Indlaw.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It contained only one category of scheduled castes in one list and the remaining thirty six were in the other lists but the benefit of reservation adversely affected the second category who shared 50 per cent of the available reservation, unlike those in the first category who had the fifty per cent reservation to themselves.
		It was argued that the list of scheduled castes was issued by the Union government which alone was competent to make changes, alterations or classification and as such, the Haryana government's action was illegal and arbitrary.
		The counsel for the petitioner pointed out that similar classification of scheduled castes implemented by the Andhra Pradesh government had been struck down by the High Court at Hyderabad and the appeal against the same too was dismissed by the apex court in the case of E.V. Chinniah versus state of Andhra Pradesh.
	www.indlawnews.com /7E8E39876D3DBE79998DBBB2C64F54A9 (356 words)

	Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes This page is last updated on Jan
		Amendment Act, 1976 and hence the attack to the provisions of the enactment on the ground that it violates the provisions in Part III of the Constitution cannot be upheld.
		Section 5 invalidated certain transfers effected by a member of a Scheduled Tribe on or after the first day of January 1960 and before the commencement of the Act and deemed the transfers to be invalid.
		It was the mandate of Section 6 in the light of Sections 4 and 5 of the 1975 Act that was being flouted by the concerned Revenue Divisional Officers and others and that led to this court issuing the writ of mandamus in O.P.8879 of 1988.
	www.keral.com /Hcourt/fulltext/scst1.htm (7067 words)

	KARACHI: Convention of scheduled castes on 22nd -DAWN - Local; May 20, 2006
		KARACHI, May 19: For the first time in the history of Sindh, a convention of scheduled castes living in the province is being organized here on May 22.
		He said the convention is being held to give a sense of confidence to scheduled caste people, who mainly are Bagris, Bheels, Koolhis, Bhengwars etc. and also give them a sense of participation as citizens of Pakistan.
		Sardar Manzoor said at the convention, the problems of scheduled castes would be highlighted and Sindh chief minister and the federal government would be requested for taking welfare measures for these communities.
	www.dawn.com /2006/05/20/local15.htm (310 words)

	The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes:(Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995 - Broken People: Caste Violence ...
		(a) "Act" means the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (33 of 1989).
		The State Government shall set up a Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Protection Cell at the State headquarter under the charge of Director of Police, Inspector-General of Police.
		(2) It shall also be ensured by the State Government that persons from the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes are adequately represented in the administration and in the police force at all levels, particularly at the level or police posts and police station.
	www.hrw.org /reports/1999/india/India994-18.htm (3636 words)

	Asian Centre for Human Rights
		One of the duties assigned to the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Caste is to submit reports to the President annually or at such other time as the Commission may deem fit, upon the working of the safeguards.
		The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, the main Act to deal with atrocities against members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes largely remains unimplemented.
		Nonetheless, the statistics provided by the government of India clearly establish that atrocities against the indigenous and tribal peoples and the Dalits have been increasing: 34,799 cases were registered in 1999, 36,971 cases were registered in 2000 and 39,157 cases were registered in 2001.
	www.achrweb.org /Review/2004/33-04.htm (994 words)

	Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes This page is last updated on Jan
		A person born of Christian parents, cannot claim to be a member of Scheduled Castes, if his parents converted prior to his birth and ceased to be a member of scheduled castes.
		Christian is not a scheduled caste under the notification issued by the president.
		The Commissioner and Secretary to Government Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes, W.A.No.218 of 1998, dated 18-12-1999.
	www.keral.com /Hcourt/judgemt/scst.htm (129 words)

	Probe against atrocities on Scheduled Castes - India News
		New Delhi - Crimes against Scheduled Castes (SCs) or socially marginalised groups in Uttar Pradesh will now be investigated by senior police officials of the rank of deputy superintendent of police, the labour ministry said Friday.
		The state government acted on the advice of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), which objected to the government directive and even summoned the state chief secretary to discuss the issue, it said.
		The commission held that the circular violated the provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act of 1989.
	www.indiaenews.com /india/20060707/14031.htm (336 words)

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