National Commission for Scheduled Castes
GS PAPER II: Statutory, Regulatory and various Quasi-judicial Bodies.
Context: National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) launches “Online Grievance Management Portal” for Persons from Scheduled Castes on the occasion of 130th birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Baba Saheb Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
- NCSC Grievance Management portal would make it easier for Scheduled Castes population country to register their complaint from any part of the country.
- It shall enable them to file their application and other atrocity and services related grievances online and to get them addressed in a time bound manner.
- The portal designed in collaboration with the Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geoinformatics (BISAG-N), a Centre of Excellence under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India will facilitate an end-to-end e-filing of complaints and grievances and their tracking.
- It is intended to make the hearing process work on similar lines as e-courts.
- This portal is linked to the Commission’s website and one can file one’s complaint upon registering on it.
- The facility to upload documents and audio/video files is also available. This would supplement the physical submission of complaints and grievances.
About NCSC:
- The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) was set up under the Article 338 of the Constitution of India.
- Its objective is to investigate and monitor all issues pertaining to the safeguards provided for the Scheduled Castes under any law for the time being in force or under any order of the Government of India.
- The Commission also enquires into specific complaints with respect to the deprivation of rights and safeguards provided for the Scheduled Castes.
- It is an Indian constitutional body under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment , Government of India established with a view to provide safeguards against the exploitation of Scheduled Castes and Anglo Indian communities to promote and protect their social, educational, economic and cultural interests, special provisions were made in the Constitution.
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