Article 342
Specification of Scheduled Tribes
Article 342 empowers the President, by public notification, to specify the tribes or tribal communities (or parts thereof) deemed Scheduled Tribes in relation to a state or Union Territory, after consultation with the Governor where applicable. Once notified, any subsequent inclusion or exclusion of a community from the ST list can only be made by Parliament through law — the list cannot be varied by later executive notification alone.
- The first ST notification under Article 342 for a state or UT is by Presidential order; a Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act of Parliament is required to add or remove any community thereafter
- Gawda, Kunbi and Velip were added to Goa's ST list via the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 2002, effective January 2003
- ST status under Article 342 confers eligibility for reservation benefits in education, employment and — as with Goa now — political representation under Article 332
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