Of all the sections the shudras, once put on the lowest rung of the social hierarchy were destined to suffer all types of deprivations. These untouchables and depressed classes came to be designated as Scheduled Castes.
The Scheduled Tribes population account for 67.76 million or 8.08 percent of country's total population. Of these, 1.32 million (1.95 per cent) are primitive tribes. The ST population too have shown a decadal growth rate of 3.12 per cent during the period 1981-91.
The scheduled castes and tribes in Indian can be uplifted by the below given points: Our Constitution guarantees equal rights to all its citizens. It also gives special privileges to the backward and the exploited sections of our society.