The Constitution of India
Control of the Union over the administration of Scheduled Areas and the welfare
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Provision
- 339
- Source language
- eng+tel
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official sourceof Scheduled Tribes:- (1) The President may at any time and shall, at the expiration of ten
years from the commencement of this Constitution by order appoint a Commission to report
on the administration of the Scheduled Areas and the welfare of the Scheduled Tribes in the
States 2[***].
The order may define the composition, powers and procedure of the Commission and may
contain such incidental or ancillary provisions as the President may consider necessary or
desirable.
(2) The executive power of the Union shall extend to the giving of directions to 3[a
State] as to the drawing up and execution of schemes specified in the direction to be
essential for the welfare of the Scheduled Tribes in the State.
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The Constitution of India · legislative.gov.in · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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