Question

Give examples of at least three disadvantaged groups of people who are protected by special laws enacted for their welfare​

Answer 1

Three disadvantaged groups of people who are protected by special laws enacted for their welfare are:

Scheduled castes

The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was passed in 1989 in order to push for the equal status of the Dalits and punish those people who ill treated and humiliated them.

Scheduled Tribes

The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was passed in 1989 to safeguard the interests of the tribals or the Adivasis.

 

Other Backward Classes  

OBCs are Other Backward Classes, that need not necessarily be castes. These are communities which suffer from economical and social discriminations