Part XVI: Special Provisions relating to Certain Classes
Articles 330–342A
- Article 330 Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the House of the People(1) Seats shall be reserved in the House of the People for (a) the Scheduled Castes; (b) the Scheduled…
- Article 330A Reservation of seats for women in the House of the People(1) Seats shall be reserved for women in the House of the People. (2) As nearly as may be, one-third of the…
- Article 331 Representation of the Anglo-Indian community in the House of the PeopleNotwithstanding anything in article 81, the President may, if he is of opinion that the Anglo-Indian…
- Article 332 Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assemblies of the States(1) Seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, except the Scheduled Tribes…
- Article 332A Reservation of seats for women in the Legislative Assemblies of the States(1) Seats shall be reserved for women in the Legislative Assembly of every State. (2) As nearly as may be,…
- Article 333 Representation of the Anglo-Indian community in the Legislative Assemblies of the StatesNotwithstanding anything in article 170, the Governor of a State may, if he is of opinion that the…
- Article 334 Reservation of seats and special representation to cease after certain periodNotwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Part, the provisions of this Constitution…
- Article 334A Reservation of seats for women take effect(1) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provision of this Part or Part VIII, the provisions of the…
- Article 335 Claims of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to services and postsThe claims of the members of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes shall be taken into…
- Article 336 Special provision for Anglo-Indian community in certain services(1) During the first two years after the commencement of this Constitution, appointments of members of the…
- Article 337 Special provision with respect to educational grants for the benefit of Anglo-Indian CommunityDuring the first three financial years after the commencement of this Constitution, the same grants, if any,…
- Article 338 National Commission for Scheduled Castes(1) There shall be a Commission for the Scheduled Castes to be known as the National Commission for the…
- Article 338A National Commission for Scheduled Tribes(1) There shall be a Commission for the Scheduled Tribes to be known as the National Commission for the…
- Article 338B National Commission for Backward Classes(1) There shall be a Commission for the socially and educationally backward classes to be known as the…
- Article 339 Control of the Union over the administration of Scheduled Areas and the welfare of Scheduled Tribes(1) The President may at any time and shall, at the expiration of ten years from the commencement of this…
- Article 340 Appointment of a Commission to investigate the conditions of backward classes(1) The President may by order appoint a Commission consisting of such persons as he thinks fit to…
- Article 341 Scheduled Castes(1) The President may with respect to any State or Union territory, and where it is a State, after…
- Article 342 Scheduled Tribes(1) The President may with respect to any State or Union territory, and where it is a State, after…
- Article 342A Socially and educationally backward classes(1) The President may with respect to any State or Union territory, and where it is a State, after…