Polity
Sameer Wankhede writes to SC Commission
over harassment by Nawab Malik.
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NCSC is a constitutional body that works
to safeguard the interests of the scheduled castes (SC) in India.
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Article
338 of the constitution of India deals with this commission:
It provides for a National Commission for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
Tribes with duties to investigate and Screen all subjects referring to
safeguards supplied for them, to inquire into particular court cases and to
take part and propose at the planning process in their socio-monetary
development and many others.
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Its history – Special Officer:
Initially, the constitution provided for the appointment of a Special Officer
under Article 338.
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The special officer was designated as
the Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
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65th Amendment, 1990: It replaced the
one-member system with a multi-member National Commission for Scheduled Castes
(SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST).
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The
Constitution (65th Amendment) Act 1990, amended Article 338 of the Constitution.
89th Amendment, 2003:By this amendment, the erstwhile
National Commission for SC and ST was changed by way of separate Commissions
from the 12 months 2004 which have been: National Commission for Scheduled
Castes (NCSC) and National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST)- under
Article 338-A.
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Structure
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Chairperson. Vice-chairperson. Three other members. They are appointed by means
of the President through warrant beneath his hand and seal.
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Functions
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Monitoring and investigating all issues concerning the safeguards provided for
the SCs under the constitution.
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Enquiring into complaints relating to
the deprivation of the rights and safeguards of the SCs.
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Taking part in and advising the valuable
or country governments with respect to the planning of socio-financial
development of the SCs.
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Regular reporting to the President of
the united states on the implementation of those safeguards.
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Recommending steps to be taken to
further the socio-economic development and other welfare activities of the SCs.
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Any other function with respect to the
welfare, protection, development and advancement of the SC community.
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Constitutional Provisions For Upliftment
of the Schedule
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Caste
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Article 15(4) refers to the special provisions for their advancement.
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Article sixteen(4A) speaks of
“reservation in topics of advertising to any magnificence or training of posts
in the offerings beneath the State in favour of SCs/STs, which arentadequately
represented in the services under the State’.
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Article 17 abolishes Untouchability. Article
46 requires the State ‘to sell with special care the instructional and
financial hobbies of the weaker sections of the humans, and, especially, of the
Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, and to guard them against social
injustice and all kinds of exploitation.
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Article 335 provides that the claims of
the individuals of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes will be taken
into consideration, continuously with the upkeep of efficiency of management,
within the making of appointments to offerings and posts in connection with the
affairs of the Union or of a State.
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Article 330 and Article 332 of the
Constitution respectively provide for reservation of seats in favor of the
Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the House of the People and within
the legislative assemblies of the States. Under Part IX regarding the
Panchayats and Part IXA of the Constitution relating to the Municipalities,
reservation for SC and ST in neighborhood bodies has been envisaged and
furnished.
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