Question

Write the details of the commission created for the development of the weaker sections of the society.

Answer 1

The benefits of good governance must be available to all sections of society. The constitution provides for socio-economic and political safeguards to certain disadvantaged sections of society. Besides the safeguards provided for them, the government has created several commissions to safeguard the rights of different sections of society. These include the following:

1. National Commission for Scheduled Castes: Deals with matters related to the safeguards provided under the constitution and inquire into specific complaints relating to deprivation of rights of the Scheduled Caste community.
2. National Commission for Scheduled Tribes: Deals with matters related to the safeguards provided under the constitution and inquire into specific complaints relating to deprivation of rights of the Scheduled Tribe community.
3. National Human Rights Commission: It deals with protection of rights relating to life, liberty, equality and dignity guaranteed by the constitution.
4. National Commission for Women: This was created to facilitate the redressal of grievances and accelerate socio-economic development of women.
5. National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights: It seeks to protect, promote and defend child rights in the country. The Commission defines a child as a person in the 0 to 18 years of age group.
6. National Commission for Backward Classes: The focus is the welfare of socially and economically backward classes.
7. National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission: This provides for a consumer disputes redressal mechanism.