Part IV · Right to Constitutional Remedies
Article 46 Promotion of educational and economic interests of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other weaker sections.
This article asks the State to promote, with special care, the educational and economic interests of the weaker sections of the people. It names the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in particular. The State must protect them from social injustice and all forms of exploitation. Support in education and jobs for these groups draws on this principle.
- The State shall promote with special care the educational and economic interests of the weaker sections of the people, and, in particular, of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, and shall protect them from social injustice and all forms of exploitation.
What it means
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This article asks the State to promote, with special care, the educational and economic interests of the weaker sections of the people. It names the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in particular. The State must protect them from social injustice and all forms of exploitation. Support in education and jobs for these groups draws on this principle.