| Commission overview | |
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| Formed | 19 February 2004 |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of India |
| Headquarters | Delhi |
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| Website | https://ncst.nic.in |
National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) is an Indian constitutional body that was established through Constitution (89th Amendment) Act, 2003. [1]
On the 89th Amendment of the Constitution coming into force on 19 February 2004, the National Commission for scheduled Tribes has been set up under Article 338A on bifurcation of erstwhile National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to oversee the implementation of various safeguards provided to Scheduled Tribes under the Constitution. [2]
With this amendment, the erstwhile National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes was replaced by two separate Commissions namely- (i) The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), and (ii) The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST).
The First commission was constituted in 2004 with Kunwar Singh as the chairperson.
The present chairman of NCST is Antar Singh Arya. [3]
The Commission comprises a Chairperson, a Vice-Chairperson and three full-time Members (including one female Member). The term of all the Members of the Commission is three years from the date of assumption of charge.
The following are the functions of the commission: [1]
| No. | Name | Portrait | Term of office | Commission | |
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| 1 | Kunwar Singh Tekam | 2004 | 2007 | 1st | |
| 2 | Urmila Singh |  | 2007 | 2010 | 2nd |
| 3 | Rameshwar Oraon | 2010 | 2013 | 3rd | |
| 4 | 2013 | 2017 | 4th | ||
| 5 | Nand Kumar Sai |  | 2017 | 2020 | 5th |
| 6 | Harsh Chouhan | 2021 | 2023 [4] | 6th | |
| 7 | Antar Singh Arya | 2024 | 7th | ||
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