National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
Commission overview
Formed19 February 2004; 19 years ago (2004-02-19)
Preceding Commission
  • National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes 1978
JurisdictionGovernment of India
Headquartersdelhi
Minister responsible
Commission executives
  • Harsh Chouhan, Chairman, Anusuia Uikey, Vice Chairman
  • Bari Krishna Damor, Member
  • Harshadbhai Chunilal Vasava, Member
Websitehttps://ncst.nic.in

National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) is an Indian constitutional body that was established through Constitution (89th Amendment) Act, 2003.[1]

History

On the 89th Amendment of the Constitution coming into force on 19 February 2004, the National Commission for scheduled Tribes has been set up under Article 338A on bifurcation of erstwhile National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to oversee the implementation of various safeguards provided to Scheduled Tribes under the Constitution.[2]

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.

The second commission was constituted in 2007 with Urmila Singh as the Chairperson.

The third Commission was constituted in 2010 with Rameshwar Oraon as the Chairperson.[3]

The fourth Commission was constituted in November 2013 with Rameshwar Oraon getting re-appointed as the Chairperson.[4] Shri Ravi Thakur, MLA in Himachal Pradesh Assembly has been appointed as Vice-Chairperson of the fourth Commission.[5] The present chairman of NCST is Harsha Chauhan.[6]

Composition

The Commission comprises a Chairperson, a Vice-Chairperson and three full-time Members (including one female Member). The term of all the Members of the Commission is three years from the date of assumption of charge.

Functions

The following are the functions of the commission:[1]

List of Chairpersons

No. Name Portrait Term of office Commission
1 Kunwar Singh Tekam 2004 2007 1st
2 Urmila Singh
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2007 2010 2nd
3 Rameshwar Oraon 2010 2013 3rd [3]
4 2013 2017 4th [4][5]
5 Nand Kumar Sai
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2017 2020 5th [6]
6 Harsh Chouhan 18 February 2021 Incumbent [7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "The Constitution (Eighty-Ninth Amendment) Act, 2003". by Government of India. indiacode.nic.in. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Welcome to aptribes.gov.in – A Portal of Tribal Welfare Department Govt of A.P". Aptribes.gov.in. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Rameshwar Oraon appointed NCST Chairman". iGovernment.in. 26 October 2010. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Introduction". Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Introduction | National Commission for Scheduled Tribes". www.ncst.nic.in. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Commision Member Profile | National Commission for Scheduled Tribes". Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Harsh Chauhan appointed chairperson of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes". in.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 11 March 2021.