• Article 15 (4) empowers the State to make special provision for the advancement of the SCs and the STs. e.g. providing fee concession in admission to any educational institution, building hostels for SCs/STs.
• Article 15 (5) empowers the State to reserve seats for SCs and the STs in admission to educational institutions including private educational institutions, whether aided or unaided by the State. But minority educational institutions referred to in Article 30 (1) are excluded here.
• Article 16 (4) empowers the State to make provisions for the reservation of appointments or posts in favour of SCs/STs.
• 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 Scheduled Tribes, and shall protect them from social injustice and all forms of exploitation
• Article 330 – It makes provision for Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the House of the people, i. e. Loksabha. The seats are reserved as per the percentage of their population in the states and Union territories.

• Disability has been defined based on an evolving and dynamic concept.
• The types of disabilities have been increased from existing 7 to 21.
• The Central Government will have the power to add more types of disabilities.
• Every child with benchmark disability will get free education from 6 to 18 years of the age. 
• Additional benefits such as reservation in higher education (not less than 5%), government jobs (not less than 4 %), reservation in allocation of land, poverty alleviation schemes (5% allotment) etc. have been provided for persons with benchmark disabilities and those with high support needs.

The Accessible India Campaign comprises of the following key components:

• Built Environment Accessibility: The campaign aims to provide an accessible physical environment for everyone. To achieve this, measures need to be undertaken to eliminate obstacles and barriers to indoor and outdoor facilities including schools, medical facilities, and workplaces.
• Transportation System Accessibility: The campaign focuses on providing persons with disabilities an equal right to travel and use public and private transportation infrastructure with dignity and independence.
• Information and Communication Eco-System Accessibility: Access to information refers to all information. This can range from actions such as being able to read price tags, to physically enter a hall, to participate in an event, to read a pamphlet with healthcare information, to understand a train timetable, or to view webpages.

The Accessible India Campaign aims to take measures to curb all societal barriers of infrastructure, and inaccessible formats that stand in the way of obtaining and utilizing information in daily life.