Q1. What does Article 17 of the
Constitution state?
Q2. According to which article of the Constitution no citizen of India shall be discriminated on the basis of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth?
Q3. To which community Rathnam belonged to?
Q4. Rathnam took the support of which law to file a case in the police station?
Q5. Who are manual scavengers? What type of diseases are they exposed to in their jobs?
Q6. What should the government do to protect the tribals from exploitation?
Answers
Answer:
1.Article 17. Abolition of Untouchability. -"Untouchability" is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden. The enforcement of any disability arising out of "Untouchability" shall be an offence punishable in accordance with law.
2.Article 15 of the Indian Constitution prohibits discrimination of Indians on basis of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth.
3.Ratnam may refer to. Anita Ratnam, Indian dancer; A.M. Ratnam, Indian film producer ... Contribute. Help · Learn to edit · Community portal
4.Rathnam, then went to file a case in the local police station under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. Other Dalit families still did not come out in his support as they were scared that a similar fate might await them if they spoke out.
5.The use of hands by women manual scavengers, along with the certainty that they will have direct skin contact with human waste, is a very dangerous combination that is contributing to serious health conditions. Chronic skin diseases and lung diseases are very common among women manual scavengers.
6.The framework for protection of the rights of tribal and indigenous people is further strengthened by the Recognition of Forest Rights Act, 2006 which protects the individual and community rights of tribal people in forest areas and their right to free and prior informed consent in event of their displacement and