Consider the following statements:
- 1. A special provision was made in the Constitution of India by the Constitution (Eighty-ninth Amendment) Act, 2003 to establish the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes.
- 2. National Commission for Backward Classes, National Commission for Minorities and National Commission for Scheduled Castes are constitutional bodies.
- 3. National Commission for Women is not a constitutional body.
Which of the statements given above is/are not correct ?
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– Statement 3 is correct. The National Commission for Women was constituted as a statutory body under the National Commission for Women Act, 1990. It is not a constitutional body.
– Statement 2 is incorrect. The National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) was given constitutional status by the 102nd Amendment Act, 2018 (adding Article 338B). The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) is a constitutional body (Article 338). However, the National Commission for Minorities is a statutory body, established under the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. Since the statement claims all three (NCBC, NCM, and NCSC) are constitutional bodies, it is incorrect.