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Definition of scheduled tribe in English: scheduled tribenoun (in India) an indigenous people officially regarded as socially disadvantaged. Example sentencesExamples - The scheduled tribes and castes in particular have not benefited from agrarian reform in West Bengal.
- He was particularly concerned about the access to schooling and higher education of children belonging to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, weaker sections and minorities.
- He was a member of a scheduled tribe, a farmer and a father.
- Along with tribal people, Dalits are officially referred to as members of ‘scheduled castes and scheduled tribes,’ and have long been treated as ‘untouchable.’
- According to the 1991 census, scheduled castes, including Dalits, made up 16 percent and scheduled tribes made up 8 percent of the population.
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