The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (SC) is constituted by which Article of the Constitution?

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MPSC Rajyaseva Prelims 2022 (Held on 21 Aug 2022) (GS) Paper-I Official Paper

Answer 1

The correct answer is Article 338

Key Points

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes is an Indian constitutional body under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India.
It was established with a view to providing safeguards against the exploitation of Scheduled Castes and Anglo-Indian communities to promote and protect their social, educational, economic, and cultural interests, special provisions were made in the Constitution.
Article 338 of the Indian constitution deals with National Commission for Scheduled Castes. Hence option 2 is correct.
Article 338 A deals with National Commission for Scheduled Tribes.
The first Commission was constituted in 1992 with S. H. Ramdhan as Chairman. Hence statement (a) is correct.
The second Commission was constituted in October 1995 with H. Hanumanthappa as chairman. Hence (c) statement is incorrect.
65th Amendment, 1990: It replaced the one-member system with a multi-member National Commission for Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST).