Polsci |Ch. 5

• National Commission for Scheduled Tribes


  Deals with matters related to the safeguards provided under the constitution and inquire into specific complaints relating to deprivation of rights of the Schedule Tribe community
• National Commission for Women

  Facilitates the redressal of grievances and accelerates socio-economic development of women
• National Commission for Scheduled Castes


  Deals with matters related to the safeguards provided under the constitution and inquire into specific complaints relating to deprivation of rights of the Schedule Caste community
• National Human Rights Commission


  Deals with protection of rights relating to life, liberty, equality and dignity guaranteed by the constitution
• Institutional mechanisms created by the government

  • National Commission for Scheduled Castes
  • National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
  • National Human Rights Commission
  • National Commission for Women
  • National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights
  • National Commission for Minorities
  • National Commission for Backward Classes
  • National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission
• National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights


  Protects, promotes, and defends child rights in the country
• The National Commission for Minorities recognises the following religious communities: Muslim, Sikh, Christian, Buddhist, Parsis, and Jain
• National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission


  Provides for a consumer disputes redressal mechanism
• National Commission for Backward Classes


  Focuses on the welfare of socially and economically backward classes
• National Commission for Minorities


  Monitors the working of the safeguards for minorities provided in the Constitution and by laws enacted by Parliament and the State Legislatures
• The Indian constitution has laid down the framework of good governance through the Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles of State Policy
• Nation building refers to the process of constructing or structuring a national identity or nation through political, social, economic and cultural means
• A responsive, accountable, sustainable and efficient administration for the country is what India seeks to achieve
• The core of good governance is a citizen-centric approach to administration
• Building of employees is necessary
• Pillar 2: Develop Strong Capacity Building Framework
• The Government of Maharashtra has identified six priority pillars to use e-governance so as to become proactive and responsive to its citizens needs
• Pillars of e-governance

  • Establishment of Policy/Legal Frameworks
  • Develop Strong Capacity Building Framework
  • Facilitate abundant Funding
  • Institutional Framework
  • Build Core e-Governance Common Infrastructure
  • Develop Common State wide Projects
• Ensure mechanisms for provision of adequate and timely funds
• Legal Framework has to be updated regularly with changing times and technologies
• Pillar 4: Institutional Framework
• Pillar 1: Establishment of Policy/Legal Frameworks
• Pillar 3: Facilitate abundant Funding
• Develop administrative structures that are capable of envisioning and guiding the e-Governance programs
• Pillar 5: Build Core e-Governance Common Infrastructure
• Pillar 6: Develop Common State wide Projects
• Develop the core e-Governance infrastructure like Data Centre, Common Service Centres and State Wide Area Network etc.
• The Consumer Protection Act was passed in 1986 to protect the interest of the consumers
• Develop applications like e-Tendering, e-Office, gateway, payment gateway etc. that are common to majority of state departments to ensure coordination