National Commission for Scheduled Castes Current Affairs, GK & News

Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill 2019

July 20, 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 ..

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Caste Discrimination and Indian Medical Education System

May 29, 2019

#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 ..

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Bhagwan Lal Sahni appointed as new Chairman of National Commission for Backward Classes

March 4, 2019

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 ..

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Bhagwan Lal Sahni appointed Chairman of the National Commission for Backward Classes

March 2, 2019

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 ..

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