Lok Sabha Question No. 1403 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-03
Subject: Bodies under the Ministry
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1403 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.05.2016

## 1403. BODIES UNDER THE MINISTRY

## SHRI K.N. RAMACHANDRAN:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the Commissions/ Corporations and Statutory bodies functioning und Ministry;
- (b) whether the Government has any proposal to give additional power to any o f these bodies to look after and address the grievances of the senior citizens in the country; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FO R SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI VIJAY SAMPLA )

- (a ) : Details of Commissions/Corporations and other Statutory bodies functioning unde Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment are annexed.
- (b) :     No, Madam.
- (c) : Does not arise.

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Mentioned  in  Reply  to  part  (a)  of  the  Lok Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.1403  for answer on 3 - 5- 2016 raised by Shri K.N. Ramachandran, M.P. regarding Bodies under the Ministry.

Details of Commissions/Corporations and other Statutory bodies functioning under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is as under:

| 1   | National Commission for Scheduled Castes                                                                              | National Commission for Scheduled Castes                                                                              |
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| 2   | National Commission for Backward Classes                                                                              | National Commission for Backward Classes                                                                              |
| 3   | National Commission for Safai Karmacharis                                                                             | National Commission for Safai Karmacharis                                                                             |
| 4   | National Commission for Denotified Nomadic and Semi - Nomadic Tribes                                                  | National Commission for Denotified Nomadic and Semi - Nomadic Tribes                                                  |
|     | CORPORATIONS:                                                                                                         | CORPORATIONS:                                                                                                         |
| 1   | National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development                                                                     | Corporation.                                                                                                          |
| 2   | National Backward Classes Finance and Development                                                                     | Corporation.                                                                                                          |
| 3   | National Safai Karmachari Finance and Development Corporation.                                                        |                                                                                                                       |
| 4   | National Handicapped and Finance Development Corporation.                                                             |                                                                                                                       |
| 5   | Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation.                                                                           |                                                                                                                       |
|     | OTHER STATUTORY INSTITUTES AND BODIES:                                                                                | OTHER STATUTORY INSTITUTES AND BODIES:                                                                                |
| 1   | The Rehabilitation Council of India, New Delhi                                                                        | The Rehabilitation Council of India, New Delhi                                                                        |
| 2   | Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, New Delhi.                                                          | Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, New Delhi.                                                          |
| 3   | The National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Retardation and Multiple Disabilities, New Delhi. | The National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Retardation and Multiple Disabilities, New Delhi. |