AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -untouchable, also called Dalit, officially Scheduled Caste, formerly Harijan, in traditional Indian society, the former name for any member of a wide range of low-caste Hindu groups and any person outside the caste system.

Detailed explanation-2: -Article 341 and 342 of the Constitution of India define as to who would be Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes with respect to any State· or Union Territory. The relevant Con-stitutional artiCles are quoted below:-“ 341.

Detailed explanation-3: -Children of God: Harijan was a term used by Mohandas Gandhi to refer to the community of Dalits. Before that time, they were called ‘Untouchables. Gandhi said it was not right to call people “untouchable", and started to refer to them as Harijans, which essentially means Children of God.

Detailed explanation-4: -Article 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 Sche-duled Tribes, and shall protect them from social injustice and all forms of exploitation."

Detailed explanation-5: -Under article 338 of the Constitution, the National Commission for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes was established with the objective of monitoring all the safeguards provided for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes under the Constitution or other laws.