- Article 341 and Article 342 of the Constitution empower the President to specify, by public notification, the lists of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes respectively for each State and Union Territory. - This is done in consultation with the Governor of the State concerned. - Once a list is notified by the President, it can only be amended (addition to or exclusion from the list) by Parliament by law.
The constitutional authority, vested with the power of declaring castes and tribes as the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, is the
Asked in UPPCS Prelims 2016 · Topic: Special Provision for Certain Classes (Constitutional basis for special provisions)
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