According to Article 164(1) of the Constitution of India, in three States there shall be a Minister in charge of tribal welfare who may in addition be in charge of the welfare of the Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes. Which one of the following States

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Q: 79 (CDS-I/2009)
According to Article 164(1) of the Constitution of India, in three States there shall be a Minister in charge of tribal welfare who may in addition be in charge of the welfare of the Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes.
Which one of the following States is not covered by the Article?

question_subject: 

Polity

question_exam: 

CDS-I

stats: 

0,43,17,9,43,4,4

keywords: 

{'scheduled castes': [1, 0, 2, 11], 'tribal welfare': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'madhya pradesh': [16, 0, 16, 28], 'jharkhand': [1, 0, 0, 4], 'punjab': [2, 0, 1, 0], 'minister': [2, 0, 0, 0], 'states': [1, 0, 0, 1], 'welfare': [1, 0, 2, 5], 'india': [8, 1, 7, 13], 'constitution': [39, 3, 11, 39], 'orissa': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'backward classes': [0, 0, 1, 0]}

The question is about the provision mentioned in Article 164(1) of the Constitution of India, which states that in three states there shall be a Minister in charge of tribal welfare who may also be in charge of the welfare of the Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes. The question asks to identify the state that is not covered by this provision.

Option 1 is Jharkhand. As per the Article, the provision is applicable to three states, and Jharkhand is one of these states. Therefore, option 1 is not the correct answer.

Option 2 is Punjab. According to the Article, this provision should be applicable to three states, but Punjab is not one of these states. Therefore, option 2 is the correct answer.

Option 3 is Madhya Pradesh. As stated earlier, the provision applies to three states, and Madhya Pradesh is indeed one of these states. Therefore, option 3 is not the correct answer.

Option 4 is Orissa. Similar to option 3, the provision is applicable to three states, and Orissa is one of these states. Therefore, option 4 is not the correct answer.

In conclusion, the correct answer is option 2, i.e., Punjab, as it is not covered