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ST category, also known as the Scheduled Tribe is a minority community<\/strong><\/a> in India which comprises about 8.6% of India’s population according to the 2011 census report. Scheduled Tribe communities have been marginalised and oppressed before and after the Independence based on geographical isolation. The National Commission of Scheduled Tribes describes ST as \u201cPrimitiveness\u201d based on certain traits like geographical isolation, shyness and social<\/strong>, educational and economic backwardness. In this blog, we will know about the ST category in detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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What is the ST Category?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The term Scheduled Tribe is recognised in Article 342 of the Constitution of India<\/strong> which deals with the notification of ST. Recently, there has been a debate going on about not using the term \u201ctribe\/tribal\u201d anymore, instead using indigenous. According to the constitution of India, a person will be held to be a member of a Scheduled Tribe if he\/she belongs to a tribe which has been declared as such under the various orders issued by the Government. They are considered the most disadvantaged socio-economic group in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Article 366(25) of the Constitution of India, Scheduled Tribes are those communities that are scheduled in accordance with Article 342 of the Constitution of India. Article 342 of the Constitution of India says that \u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Scheduled Tribes comprise about 8.6% of India’s population according to the 2011 census report. <\/sup>The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950<\/em> lists 744 tribes across 22 states in its First Schedule. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs released a list of 75 tribes that come under the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups. Mizoram and Lakshadweep had the highest percentage of tribes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Government Initiatives to Improve and Protect the ST Community<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, an Indian Constitutional body was established through the 89th Constitutional Amendment Act, of 2003. It has been set up under Article 338 A. Kunwar Singh was the first Chairperson of the commission in 2004. One of the main roles of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes is to investigate and monitor all matters relating to the protection and improvement of the Scheduled Tribes under the Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Constitution of India<\/strong> provides three strategies to improve and protect the situation of the ST Community:<\/p>\n\n\n\n