Question

schedule cast schedule tribe are listed by the order_____
(a)governor
(b) prime minister
(c) president ​

Answer 1

President....

your answer

Answer 2

Parliament, while exercising laws, may include in or exclude from the list of Scheduled Tribes.

EXPLANATION:-

• By Clause (1) of Article 342 of the Constitution of India, the President, after consultation with the State Governments concerned has officially announced 9 orders to specifying the Scheduled Tribes in relation to the state and union territories.

• Under article 342, the specification of Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Caste are listed by the order of the President, after consultation with the State governments concerned.
• These orders can be modified only through an Act of Parliament.

• Out of these, eight are in operation at present in their original form.
• The specification of communities is on the basis of primitive traits, distinctive culture, geographical isolation, shyness of contact with the community at large, and backwardness.

• Although this criterion is not spelled out in the Constitution but has become well established.