Aranya Nath & Shreeja Shyama Prahaj, KIIT School of Law
ABSTRACT
There’s always a question among the people regarding the standpoints/ position of SC& ST in India. As Tribals are classified as group of people who’re deprived from basic needs, now we all know that basic needs means food, clothing & proper shelter. Our country being a developing nation has a strong connection of tribes. The main interesting point is that they’re classified as a collective name based on geographical location for an instance Kurumba Tribe how a research scholar will be acquainted where from this tribe comes? The answer is they’re from northern part of nilgiris basically they’re from Kannada-Tamil region as Kurumba was a dialect language of Kannada or be better we can say it is a Dravidian Language. It is pretty clear that the language spoken by they aren’t well acquainted by the inhabitants as a result they’re facing a huge communication gap in modern India and because of this gap they suffered a lot because they’re not literate. Since they could not meet up the social status as a result they’re often treated as untouchable though under article 17 of Indian constitution stated that Untouchability has been abolished. Even our former leader & father of nation Mahatma Gandhi also said that untouchable people or tribal peoples are the children of God Vishnu, so they’re referred as “harijans” Since they suffer great injustice, the State has a particular duty to ensure that the weaker sections of the population shall be protected. Accordingly, under different articles the Constitution provided for protecting discrimination to accelerate up the process of creating an equal social system. The preferential treatment of depressed groups (SCs and ST), however, should not be interpreted as an act of magnanimity by the political elite on the national level but as a mechanism for empowering and socially and economically enhanced policies and management. In my research article, I clarified only the condition and provisions of the Indian constitution of the schedule caste and schedule tribe. These provisions are much like a hand to boost their status. Only our country will become a developed nation if all sections of population have developed.
