The first statement is not correct because Constitution provides for the reservation for SCs and STs in the Lower House i.e. Lok Sabha via Article 330. Allocation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Tribes in the Lok Sabha are made on the basis of proportion of Scheduled Castes and Tribes in the State concerned to that of the total population.
The second statement is correct because initially the constitution made provisions for a NCSCST but later it was amended and two separate commissions were brought into existence.
The third statement is correct. Article 15, state is prohibited to discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them. However, constitution gives overriding power to the state in case of the SCs and STs via Article 15(4) and other articles.
The notifying and de-notifying of SCs and STs is an important power which can not be vested in local bodies. This power is vested in President of India.
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