2017 · Q70
Consider the following statements about the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes under the provisions of the Constitution of India :
- 1State can make any special provision relating to their admission to the Government educational institutions.
- 2State can make any special provision relating to their admission to the private educational institutions aided by the State.
- 3State can make any special provision relating to their admission to the private educational institutions not aided by the State.
- 4State can make any special provision relating to their admission to the minority educational institutions as described in Article 30.
Which of the statements given above are correct ?
General KnowledgeIndian Polity and Governance
- A1 and 2 only
- B3 and 4 only
- C1, 2 and 3 only
- D1, 2, 3 and 4
Explanation
Article 15(5), inserted by the 93rd Constitutional Amendment, empowers the State to make special provisions — including reservations — for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes (and socially and educationally backward classes) in admission to educational institutions, whether government, private aided or private unaided. Minority educational institutions under Article 30 are expressly exempted, so statement 4 is false. Hence statements 1, 2 and 3 are correct.