The Constitution defines Scheduled Tribes under Article 366 (25) as tribes or tribal communities deemed to be Scheduled Tribes under Article 342. Article 342 empowers the President, after consultation with the Governor, to specify tribes or tribal communities as Scheduled Tribes through public notification for a particular State or Union territory. Parliament, through law, can include or exclude tribes from this list.1 The initial list of Scheduled Tribes was notified in 1950 and has been modified over time.
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