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197 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
(Part XVI.—Special Provisions Relating to Certain Classes)
(2) Subject to the provisions of any law made in this behalf by
Parliament, the Commission shall consist of a Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson
and three other Members and the conditions of service and tenure of office of
the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and other Members so appointed shall be
such as the President may by rule determine.
(3) The Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and other Members of the
Commission shall be appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and seal.
(4) The Commission shall have the power to regulate its own procedure.
(5) It shall be the duty of the Commission—
(a) to investigate and monitor all matters relating to the
safeguards provided for the Scheduled Tribes under this Constitution or
under any other law for the time being in force or under any order of the
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Government and to evaluate the working of such safeguards;
(b) to inquire into specific complaints with respect to the
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deprivation of rights and safeguards of the Scheduled Tribes;
(c) to participate and advise on the planning process of
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socio-economic development of the Scheduled Tribes and to evaluate the
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progress of their development under the Union and any State;
(d) to present to the President, annually and at such other times as
the Commission may deem fit, reports upon the working of those
safeguards;
(e) to make in such reports recommendations as to the
measures that should be taken by the Union or any State for the
effective implementation of those safeguards and other measures
for the protection, welfare and socio-economic development of the
Scheduled Tribes; and
(f) to discharge such other functions in relation to the protection,
welfare and development and advancement of the Scheduled Tribes as
the President may, subject to the provisions of any law made by
Parliament, by rule specify.
(6) The President shall cause all such reports to be laid before each
House of Parliament along with a memorandum explaining the action taken or
proposed to be taken on the recommendations relating to the Union and the
reasons for the non-acceptance, if any, of any such recommendations.
(7) Where any such report, or any part thereof, relates to any matter
with which any State Government is concerned, a copy of such report shall be
forwarded to the Governor of the State who shall cause it to be laid before the
Legislature of the State along with a memorandum explaining the action taken
or proposed to be taken on the recommendations relating to the State and the
reasons for the non-acceptance, if any, of any of such recommendations.
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