Wednesday, February 23, 2011

National Commission to review the working of the Constitution(NCRWC)


National Commission to review the working of the Constitution
National Commission to review the working of the Constitution was set by NDA Government of INDIA  led by Vajpayee on 22 February, 2000. It was headed by Justice M.N Venkatachaliah . the Commission submitted its report on 31st March 2002.

   The Commission submitted its report in two volumes  to the Government on 31st March, 2002. The report could be seen at  the following hyperlinks :
 Accordingly, on 23 February 2000, the President of India appointed Justice Shri M.N. Venkatachaliah, former Chief Justice of India as the Chairperson of the Commission and the following persons as the other Members of the Commission:
  

1.     Justice Shri B.P. Jeevan Reddy, Chairman, Law Commission of India
2.                       Justice Shri R.S. Sarkaria, former Judge, Supreme Court of India
3.                       Justice Shri Kottapalli Punnayya, former Judge, Andhra Pradesh High Court
4.                       Shri P.A.Sangma, former Speaker, Lok Sabha; and Member of Parliament
5.                       Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, Attorney General for India
6.                       Shri K. Parasaran, Senior Advocate and former Attorney General for India
7.                       Dr.Subhash C. Kashyap, former Secretary General, Lok Sabha
8.                       Shri C.R. Irani, Chief Editor and Managing Director, The Statesman
9.                       Dr. Abid Hussain, former Ambassador of India in the USA
10.                   Smt. Sumitra G. Kulkarni, former Member of Parliament, (Rajya Sabha)

Dr. Raghbir Singh, Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs (Legislative Department) was asked to look after the work of the Secretary to the Commission immediately and on his superannuation, he was appointed  as the Secretary to the Commission with effect from 1  April  2000.



Issues of Social Justice :
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward
Classes – An unfinished national Agenda

About castes in India at Present position :
                       

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

COMMISSIONS



ELECTION COMMISSION

ARTICLE 324  PART -XV
The commission presently consists of a  CHIEF Election Commissioners and two Election Commissioners, appointed by the president.
Until October 1989, there was just one Chief Election Commissioner. In 1989, two Election Commissioners were appointed, but were removed again in January 1990. In 1991, however, the PARALIMENT OF INDIA passed a law providing for the appointment of two Election Commissioners. This law was amended and renamed in 1993 as the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Conditions of Service) Amendment Act 1993. As of Sunday, 29 August 2010, the CEC is S.Y.QURAISHI  Establishment of commission is on 25 Jan 1950 before one day of Republic Day.
The Chief Election Commissioner may be removed from his office in like manner and on the like grounds as a judge of the Supreme Court It means the Chief Election Commissioner may be removed from office by Parliament by passing a resolution to that effect, passed by special majority on the ground of proved misbehaviour or incapacity.
 The Election Commission shall consist of a Chief Election Commissioner and such other Commissioners as the President may, from time to time, fix. Other Election Commissioner may be removed by the President on the recommendation of the Chief Election Commissioner. Salary of chief election commissioner is same as justice of supreme court of India.
All three commissioner have same right of taking a decision.
Tenure of commissioners is 6 years or up to age of 65, whichever is earlier.
 The Election Commission of India has completed more than 300 elections.
The Election Commission shall have the power of superintendence, direction and control of all elections to parliament and the state legislatures and of elections to the office of the President and Vice-President.








 Union Public Service Commission

Part XIV - Services Under the Union and the states - Article no. 315 to 323

The very first Public Service Commission was set up on 1 October 1926 by the then British Indian Government in response to the demands of Indian politicians that the superior Civil Services be Indianized. The functions of this Public Service Commission were largely advisory and, because of this limitation, it failed to satisfy the demands of Indian political parties associated with the struggle for freedom. The British Indian government then set up a Federal Public Service Commission and provided for the formation of provincial level Public Service Commissions under the Government of India Act 1935.
The chairman and other members of the UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) are appointed by the President of India. At least half of the members of the Commission are Civil Servants (working or retired) with minimum ten years of experience either in Central or State service.
Every member holds office for a term of six years or until he attains the age of sixty-five years, whichever is earlier.
He can submit his resignation at any time to the President of India. He may be removed from his office by the President of India on the ground of misbehavior (only if an inquiry of such misbehavior is made and upheld by Supreme Court) or if he is adjudged insolvent, or engages during his term of office in any paid employment outside the duties of his office, or in the opinion of the President unfit to continue in office by reason of infirmity of mind or body.
As of May 2010, the commission is headed by Professor D.P. Agrawal, who held the post of Director
Current Members of UPSC
As of November 2010, the Commission consists of a Chairman and 9 members. The names of the members are :
1.    Shri I M G Khan
2.    Dr. K K Paul
3.    Prof. K. S. Chalam
4.    Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Nirbhay Sharma
5.    Shri Prashanta Kumar Mishra
6.    Prof. Purushottam Agarwal
7.    Smt. Rajni Razdan
8.    Smt. Shashi Uban Tripathi
9.    Shri Vijay Singh



State public service commission AP
Article 315to 323  Part- XIV
State public service commission ap consist of chairman & member appointed by Governor of the state.
Term of six year or until they attain the age of 62 years.
Present chairman is Venkat ramreddy (till date Feb 15 2011)






    Finance Commission 

Article 280
Finance Commission for the purpose of allocation of certain resources of revenue between the Union and the state Government.

It consist of a chairman & 4 members to be appointed by President of India.
The qualifications, powers and procedures of the Commission itself are regulated by the Finance Commission (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act1951. Such Commissions are deemed to be civil courts for the purposes of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898.


Finance Commissions Appointed
Finance Commission
Year of Establishment
Chairman
Operational Duration
First
1951
K.C Neogy
1952-57
Second
1956
K.Santhanam
1957-62
Third
1960
A.K. Chanda
1962-66
Fourth
1964
P.V. Rajamannarr
1966-69
Fifth
1968
Mahaveer Tyagi
1969-74
Sixth
1972
K. Brahmananda Reddy
1974-79
Seventh
1977
J.M. Shellet
1979-84
Eighth
1983
Y.B. Chavan
1984-89
Ninth
1987
N.K.P.Salve
1989-95
Tenth
1992
K.C Pant
1995-2000
Eleventh
1998
A.M.Khusro
2000-2005
Twelfth
2003
C.Rangarajan
2005-2010
Thirteenth
2007
Vijay l kelkar
2010-2015
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National Commission for Scheduled Castes  &  National Commission for Scheduled Tribes.




Under Articles 338 and 338A, provides for two statutory commissions - theNational Commission for Scheduled Castes, and National Commission for Scheduled Tribes.

According to the 61st Round Survey of the NSSO ,almost nine-tenths of Buddhists and one-third of Sikhs  in India belonged to scheduled castes of the Constitution while one-third of chirstains belonged to scheduled tribes. The sachar Committee report of 2006 also confirmed that members of scheduled castes and tribes of India are not exclusively adherents of Hinduism
Religion
Scheduled Caste
Scheduled Tribe
Buddhism
89.50%
7.40%
Christianity
9.00%
32.80%
Sikhism
37.0%
0.90%
22.20%
9.10%
Zoroastrianism
-
15.90%
Jainism
-
2.60%
Islam
0.80%
0.50%

The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order 1950 lists 1,108 castes across 25 states in its First Schedule. The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order 1950 lists 744 tribes across 22 states in its First Schedule


Separate National Commission for SCs&STs  came into existence in 2004.It consist of chairman, vice – chairman& other 3 members appointed by President of India.



 Present Chairman for NCSCs  P.L.Punia