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In what respects have the constitutional provisions changed the socio-economic and political conditions of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in India? Critically examine.

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  • Politics and Society in India

Census 2011 counts Scheduled Castes at 16.6 per cent and Scheduled Tribes at 8.6 per cent of Indians — a quarter of the population for whom the Constitution built a legal architecture, not a welfare scheme. It has transformed political presence, partly opened economic mobility, and barely dented social exclusion.

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  • Two designs, because the two disabilities differ
  • Political conditions: the deepest change
  • Socio-economic conditions: partial mobility
  • Critique: statute against social order
  • Conclusion

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