when was the commission fir sc/st established
August 1978
title: Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes text: STs) responsible for monitoring the implementation of constitutional and legislative safeguards for SCs and STs and reporting to the president. Seventeen regional offices of the Commissioner were established throughout the country. There was an initiative to replace the Commissioner with a committee in the 48th Amendment to the Constitution, changing Article 338. While the amendment was being debated, the Ministry of Welfare established the first committee for SCs and STs (with the functions of the Commissioner) in August 1978. These functions were modified in September 1987 to include advising the government on broad policy issues and the development levels of title: Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes text: drafting committee for the Constitution. Ambedkar was a scheduled caste constitutional lawyer, a member of the low regarded Untouchables. The Constitution provides a three-pronged strategy to improve the situation of SCs and STs: To effectively implement the safeguards built into the Constitution and other legislation, the Constitution under Articles 338 and 338A provides for two statutory commissions: the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes. The chairpersons of both commissions sit "ex officio" on the National Human Rights Commission. In the original Constitution, Article 338 provided for a special officer (the Commissioner for SCs and title: National Commission for Scheduled Castes text: National Commission for Scheduled Castes National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) is an Indian constitutional body established with a view to provide safeguards against the exploitation of Scheduled Castes to promote and protect their social, educational, economic and cultural interests, special provisions were made in the Constitution. 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. In 1990 the Commission for SCs and STs was renamed as the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes were formed as per 1987. It comes under title: Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes text: SCs and STs. Now it is included in Article 342. In 1990, Article 338 was amended for the National Commission for SCs and STs with the "Constitution (Sixty fifth Amendment) Bill, 1990". The first commission under the 65th Amendment was constituted in March 1992, replacing the Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and the commission established by the Ministry of Welfare's Resolution of 1989. In 2003, the Constitution was again amended to divide the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes into two commissions: the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes. Due title: National Commission for Scheduled Castes text: article 338. and 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 Scheduled Tribes. The first Commission was constituted in 1992 with S. H. Ramdhan as Chairman. The second Commission was constituted in October 1995 with H. Hanumanthappa as chairman. The third Commission was constituted in December 1998 with Dileep Singh Bhuria as the Chairman. The fourth Commission was constituted in March 2002 with Dr. Bizay Sonkar Shastri as the Chairperson. Consequent upon the Constitution (Eighty-Ninth Amendment) Act, 2003 the erstwhile National Commission