Question

Define
[d] scheduled tribe

Answer 1

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The Constitution of India does not define Scheduled Tribes as such. Article 366(25) refers to scheduled tribes as those communities who are scheduled in accordance with Article 342 of the Constitution. According to Article 342 of the Constitution, the Scheduled Tribes are the tribes or tribal communities or part of or groups within these tribes and tribal communities which have been declared as such by the President through a public notification. As per the 1991 Census, the Scheduled Tribes account for 67.76 million representing 8.08 percent of the country’s population. Scheduled Tribes are spread across the country mainly in forest and hilly regions.
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Answer 2

Before Schedule tribes were called the backward class or weak class...
Schedule tribes as such tribes or tribal communities or parts of or groups with in such tribes or tribal communities are deemed under article 342 to be schedule tribes for the purpose of this constitution
But now Schedule tribes have more importance than others, and have more opportunities........
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