Commission for the Scheduled Castes.
            (2) Subject to the provisions of any law made in this behalf by Parliament, the Commission
      shall consist of a Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and three other Members and the conditions of
      service and tenure of office of the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and other Members so
      appointed shall be such as the President may by rule determine”;
            (c) in clauses (5), (9) and (10), the words “and Scheduled Tribes”, wherever they occur,
      shall be omitted.
            After Article 338 of the Constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:
            “338A. (1) There shall be a Commission for the Scheduled Tribes to be known as the
      National Commission for the Scheduled Tribes.
            (2) Subject to the provisions of any law made in this behalf by Parliament, the Commission
      shall consist of a Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and three other Members and the conditions of
      service and tenure of office of the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and other Members so
      appointed shall be such as the President may by rule determine.
            (3) The Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and other Members of the Commission shall be
      appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and seal.
            (4) The Commission shall have the power to regulate its own procedure.
            (5) It shall be the duty of the Commission - (a) to investigate and monitor all matters
      relating to the safeguards provided for the Scheduled Tribes under this Constitution or under any
      other law for the time being in force or under any order of the Government and to evaluate the
      working of such safeguards; (b) to inquire into specific complaints with respect to the
      deprivation of rights and safeguards of the Scheduled Tribes; (c) to participate and advise on the
      planning process of socio-economic development of the Scheduled Tribes and to evaluate the
      progress of their development under the Union and any State; (d) to present to the President,
      annually and at such other times as the Commission may deem fit, reports upon the working of
      those safeguards; (e) to make in such reports recommendations as to the measures that should be
      taken by the Union or any State for the effective implementation of those safeguards and other
      measures for the protection, welfare and socio-economic development of the Scheduled Tribes;
      and (f) to discharge such other functions in relation to the protection, welfare and development
      and advancement of the Scheduled Tribes as the President may, subject to the provisions of any
      law made by Parliament, by rule specify.
            (6) The President shall cause all such reports to be laid before each House of Parliament
      along with a memorandum explaining the action taken or proposed to be taken on the
      recommendations relating to the Union and the reasons for the non-acceptance, if any, of any of
      such recommendations.
            (7) Where any such report, or any part thereof, relates to any matter with which any State
      Government is concerned, a copy of such report shall be forwarded to the Governor of the State
      who shall cause it to be laid before the Legislature of the State along with a memorandum
      explaining the action taken or proposed to be taken on the recommendations relating to the State
      and reasons for the non-acceptance, if any, of any of such recommendations.
            (8) The Commission shall, while investigating any matter referred to in sub-clause(a) or
      inquiring into any complaint referred to in sub-clause (b) of clause (5), have all the powers of a
      civil court trying a suit and in particular in respect of the following matters, namely: