Constitutional Bodies — Punjab Police previous year questions

Until 2003 a single body, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, worked under Article 338. The 89th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003 amended Article 338 so that it now covers only the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, and inserted a new Article 338A creating a separate National Commission for Scheduled Tribes. The NCST came into existence on 19 February 2004; it has a Chairperson, a Vice-Chairperson and three other members appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and seal, and it reports to the President, who lays its reports before Parliament. The tempting distractors are all genuine Articles but none of them creates a commission: Article 332 provides reservation of seats for SCs and STs in State Legislative Assemblies, Article 334 fixes the time limit on that reservation of seats, and Article 336 deals with special provision for the Anglo-Indian community in certain services. Hence option 4.