National Commission for Scheduled Castes

-Article 338 deals with NCSC

-The Commission was setup in 1978 underwent change in 1987 and it was named as National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

-The National Commission for SCs & STs came into being by the 65th Amendment Bill.

-In the 89th Amendment of the Constitution it was decided to have a separate National Commission for Scheduled Castes & separate National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, this came into effect on 19.02.2004.

-After bifurcation there are at present 12 State Offices under the jurisdiction of NCSC.

-These are located at Agartala, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Patna, Pune & Thiruvananthapuram.