Constitutional and legal provisions for the scheduled castes, scheduled tribe
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Constitution does not define as to who are the persons who belong to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. However, Articles 341 and 342, empower the President of India to draw up a list of these castes and tribes.
Scheduled castes and scheduled castes and scheduled tribes and those castes or tribes as the President may by public notification specify.
If such a notification is related to a state, then also President will notify the same. However, it can be done after consultation with the governor of the state
Any inclusion or exclusion from the presidential notification of any caste, race, or tribe can be done by Parliament by Law.
If any question arises whether or not particular tribe is a tribe within the meaning of this article one has to look at the public notification issued by the president.