Scheduled Castes in India

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Scheduled_Castes_in_India

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:group_of_people legal category
gptkbp:administeredBy	gptkb:Ministry_of_Social_Justice_and_Empowerment
gptkbp:benefit	gptkb:Post-Matric_Scholarship_Scheme gptkb:Pre-Matric_Scholarship_Scheme gptkb:Scheduled_Castes_Sub_Plan_(SCSP) gptkb:Special_Central_Assistance_to_SCSP National Overseas Scholarship Scheme
gptkbp:definedIn	gptkb:Constitution_of_India
gptkbp:eligibility	reservation in education reservation in government jobs reservation in legislatures
gptkbp:firstDefined	gptkb:Government_of_India_Act_1935
gptkbp:historicallySubjectedTo	untouchability
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Scheduled Castes in India
gptkbp:listedOn	Schedule of the Indian Constitution
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Mayawati gptkb:B._R._Ambedkar gptkb:Jagjivan_Ram
gptkbp:population	over 200 million (2011 Census) 16.6% (2011 Census)
gptkbp:protectedBy	gptkb:Scheduled_Castes_and_Scheduled_Tribes_(Prevention_of_Atrocities)_Act,_1989 gptkb:Article_17_of_the_Indian_Constitution
gptkbp:purpose	affirmative action
gptkbp:recognizedBy	gptkb:Government_of_India
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Other_Backward_Classes gptkb:Scheduled_Tribes_in_India
gptkbp:reservationStatus	15% in central government jobs and educational institutions
gptkbp:subjectOf	gptkb:Ambedkarite_movement gptkb:Dalit_movement gptkb:Dalit_Buddhist_movement gptkb:National_Commission_for_Scheduled_Castes gptkb:Scheduled_Castes_and_Scheduled_Tribes_(Prevention_of_Atrocities)_Act gptkb:Scheduled_Castes_and_Scheduled_Tribes_Orders_(Amendment)_Act gptkb:Dalit_Panther_movement Dalit rights activism social justice policies Dalit education Dalit literature Dalit atrocities Dalit politics Dalit reservation Dalit social reform caste-based discrimination affirmative action policies reservation debates Dalit representation in politics Dalit Christian movement Dalit Muslim movement Dalit cultural identity Dalit economic empowerment Dalit entrepreneurship Dalit social exclusion Dalit social mobility Dalit women’s movement Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Scheduled_Tribes_in_India
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7