Question

Arrange the formation of following commissions in chronological order.

i. National Human Rights Commission.

ii. National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.

iii. National Commission for Women.

iv. National Commission for Scheduled Tribes.

• A. i, ii, iii, iv
• B. iii, i, iv, ii
• C. iv, i, iii, ii
• D. i, iii, iv, ii

Answer 1

Answer:

B. iii, i, iv, ii

• iii. National Commission for Women (NCW): Formed in January 1992 under the National Commission for Women Act, 1990.

• i. National Human Rights Commission (NHRC): Formed in October 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993.

• iv. National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST): Formed in February 2004 (separated from the combined NCSC & ST by the 89th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003).

• ii. National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR): Formed in March 2007 under the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (CPCR) Act, 2005.