The Constitution of India
Special provision with respect to educational grants for the benefit of Anglo-
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Provision
- 337
- Source language
- eng+tel
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official sourceIndian community:- During the first three financial years after the commencement of this
Constitution, the same grants, if any, shall be made by the Union and by each State 1*** for
the benefit of the Anglo-Indian community in respect of education as were made in the
financial year ending on the thirty-first day of March, 1948.
During every succeeding period of three years the grants may be less by ten per cent.
than those for the immediately preceding period of three years:
Provided that at the end of ten years from the commencement of this Constitution such
grants, to the extent to which they are a special concession to the Anglo-Indian community,
shall cease:
Provided further that no educational institution shall be entitled to receive any grant
under this article unless at least forty per cent. of the annual admissions therein are made
available to members of communities other than the Anglo-Indian community.
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The Constitution of India · legislative.gov.in · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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