GS-1Specific Microtheme

Empowerment of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs)

Mapped under Social Empowerment → Topic 10 Social Empowerment Communalism Regionalism Secularism

📝 2 Questions (Sorted Recent First 2025–2013)

Other Microthemes in Social Empowerment:

Concept, Dimensions, and Barriers to Social Empowerment Empowerment of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs)Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan)Empowerment of Religious, Ethnic, and Linguistic Minorities Empowerment of Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Communities Role of Civil Society, NGOs, and SHGs in Social Empowerment Efficacy and Gaps in Affirmative Action (Reservations, Policies)

UPSC Mains Questions on "Empowerment of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs)" (2)

2017 marks

What are the two major legal initiatives by the State since Independence, addressing discrimination against Scheduled Tribes (STs)?

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2015 marks

Debate the issue of whether and how contemporary movements for Dalit Identity assertion of Dalit identity work towards annihilation of caste.

Q3No match yet

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