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207 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
(Part XVI. - Special Provisions Relating To Certain Classes)
338. 1[National Commission for Scheduled Castes]:- 2[3[(1) There shall be a Commission
for the Scheduled Castes to be known as the National Commission for the Scheduled Castes.
(2) Subject to the provisions of any law made in this behalf by Parliament, the
Commission shall consist of a Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and three other Members and
the conditions of service and tenure of office of the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and other
Members so appointed shall be such as the President may by rule determine.]
(3) The Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and other Members of the Commission shall be
appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and seal.
(4) The Commission shall have the power to regulate its own procedure.
(5) It shall be the duty of the Commission—
(a) to investigate and monitor all matters relating to the safeguards provided for
the Scheduled Castes 4[***] under this Constitution or under any other law for the time
being in force or under any order of the Government and to evaluate the working of
such safeguards;
(b) to inquire into specific complaints with respect to the deprivation of rights and
safeguards of the Scheduled Castes 4[***];
(c) to participate and advise on the planning process of socio-economic
development of the Scheduled Castes 4[***] and to evaluate the progress of their
development under the Union and any State;
(d) to present to the President, annually and at such other times as the
Commission may deem fit, reports upon the working of those safeguards;
1. Substituted by the Constitution (Eighty-ninth Amendment) Act, 2003, s.2, for the marginal heading (w.e.f. 19.2.2004).
2. Substituted by the Constitution (Sixty-fifth Amendment) Act, 1990, for clause (1) and (2), clause (1) to (9) was
substituted (w.e.f. 12.3.1992).
3. Substituted by the Constitution (Eighty-ninth Amendment) Act, 2003, s.2, for clause (1) and (2) (w.e.f. 19.2.2004).
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