provisions for advancement of other backward classes(which cludes STs); Art. 29:- Protection of Interests of Minorities (which cludes STs); Art. 46:- “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,†Art. 350:- Right to conserve distinct Language, SCRIPT or Culture; Art. 350:- Instruction in Mother Tongue. II.Social Safeguard Art. 23:- Prohibition of traffic in human beings and beggar and other similar form of forced labour; Art. 24:- Forbidding Child Labour. III. Economic Safeguards Art.244:- Clause(1) Provisions of Fifth Schedule shall apply to the administration & control of the Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes in any State other than the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura which are covered under SIXTH Schedule, under Clause (2) of this Article. Art. 275:- Grants in-Aid to SPECIFIED States (STs&SAs) covered under Fifth and Sixth SCHEDULES of the Constitution. IV. Political Safeguards Art.164(1):- Provides for Tribal Affairs Ministers in Bihar, MP and ORISSA; Art. 330:- Reservation of seats for STs in Lok Sabha; Art. 337- Reservation of seats for STs in State Legislatures; Art. 334:- 10 years period for reservation (Amended several times to extend the period.); Art. 243:- Reservation of seats in Panchayats. Art. 371:- Special provisions in respect of NE States and Sikkim