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Indian constitutional body

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) is a constitutional body under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, established in 2004.

It is responsible for the protection, welfare, development, and advancement of Scheduled Castes in India.^[1] Article 338 of the Indian constitution deals with National Commission for Scheduled Castes. Article 338 A deals with National Commission for Scheduled tribes.

History

Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

The first Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes was set up in August 1978 with Bhola Paswan Shastri as chairman and other four members.

Members of the commission includes a chairman, a vice chairman and four other members.^[2] It was set up as a national level advisory body to advise the government on broad policy issues and levels of development of Scheduled Castes and Sche