National Commission for Scheduled Castes Current Affairs, GK & News
Online Grievance Management Portal of NCSC launched
The Union Minister for Communication and IT and Law and Justice recently launched the “Online Grievance Management portal of NCSC”. NCSC is National Commission of Scheduled Castes. About the Portal The portal was launched on the occasion of 130th birth anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar. The Scheduled Caste community in the country can register ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Ambedkar • Article 338-A • Constitution • National Commission for Scheduled Castes • Scheduled Castes
Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill 2019
The Lok Sabha has passed the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2019. Features of the Bill The bill seeks to amend the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993. The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 provided that the chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is a person who has been a Chief ..
Topics: National Commission for Backward Classes • National Commission for Scheduled Castes • National Commission for Scheduled Tribes • National Commission for Women • National Human Rights Commission • NHRC • Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill 2019 • Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 • Supreme court • the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights
Caste Discrimination and Indian Medical Education System
#JusticeForDrPayal was trending in social media for the last few days. Payal Tadvi, a resident doctor studying gynaecology at the BYL Nair Hospital in Mumbai, was found hanging in her hostel room as she was consistently harassed by the three doctors for belonging to a lower caste. This was not one of the rare or ..
Topics: Caste Discrimination • Delhi • medical education • Mungekar Committee • National Commission for Scheduled Castes • SC • Scheduled Caste • Scheduled Tribe • ST • Thorat Committee
Bhagwan Lal Sahni appointed as new Chairman of National Commission for Backward Classes
Bhagwan Lal Sahni, a BJP leader from Bihar’s Muzaffarpur, appointed new Chairman of the newly constituted National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC). The NCBC was given constitutional status by Parliament in 2018, after repealing the National Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993. The NCBC which previously only could recommend on the issue of inclusion or ..
Topics: Adivasi • Creamy layer • India • Indian caste system • Muzaffarpur • National Commission for Backward Classes • National Commission for Scheduled Castes • National Commission for Scheduled Tribes • NCBC • Other Backward Classes • Reservation in India • Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Bhagwan Lal Sahni appointed Chairman of the National Commission for Backward Classes
Bhagwan Lal Sahni who hails from Bihar has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Commission for Backward Classes. Further Kaushalendra Singh Patel and Acharya Talloju have been appointed as the members of the commission. National Commission for Backward Classes National Commission for Backward Classes is a Constitutional body set up through the 123rd constitutional amendment bill 2018 and ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Category: Persons in News
Topics: Article 338B • National Commission for Backward Classes • National Commission for Scheduled Castes • National Commission for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes • NCBC • NCSEBC