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The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) is a constitutional body under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, established in 2004. It is responsible for the protection, welfare, development, and advancement of Scheduled Castes in India. [ 1 ]
To effectively implement the safeguards built into the Constitution and other legislation, the Constitution under Articles 338 and 338A provides for two constitutional commissions: the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, [50] and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes. [51]
With this amendment, the erstwhile National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes was replaced by two separate Commissions namely- (i) The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), and (ii) The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST). The First commission was constituted in 2004 with Kunwar Singh as the chairperson.
A study conducted by the National Commission for SCs and STs in 1990 on Atrocities on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes: Causes and Remedies pointed out various causal factors for atrocities: land disputes; land alienation; bonded labour; indebtedness; non-payment of minimum wages; caste prejudice and practice of untouchability; political ...
Vijay Sampla (born 6 July 1961) is an Indian politician and former chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes from 2021 to 2023. [5] [6] He is a former Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment in India from 2014 to 2019 and a former member of parliament from Hoshiarpur (Lok Sabha constituency).
Buta Singh (21 March 1934 – 2 January 2021) was an Indian politician and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress. He was the Union Home Minister of India, Governor of Bihar [2] and was chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes from 2007 to 2010. [3]
National Commission for Scheduled Castes This page was last edited on 27 November 2015, at 06:13 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Ram Shankar Katheria (born 21 September 1964) is an Indian politician and former chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes. He is a member of the 17th Lok Sabha of India representing Etawah constituency of Uttar Pradesh. He represented the Agra constituency of Uttar Pradesh previously. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party ...