Functions

  • Monitoring and investigating all issuesconcerning the safeguards provided for the SCs under the constitution.
  • Enquiring into complaintsrelating to the deprivation of the rights and safeguards of the SCs.
  • Taking part in and advising the central or state governmentswith respect to the planning of socio-economic development of the SCs.
  • Regular reporting to the Presidentof the country on the implementation of these safeguards.
  • Recommending stepsto be taken to further the socio-economic development and other welfare activities of the SCs.
  • Any other function with respect to the welfare, protection, development and advancement of the SC community.
  • The Commission is also required to discharge similar functions with regard to the Anglo-Indian Communityas it does with respect to the SCs.
  • Till 2018, the commission was also required to discharge similar functions with regard to the other backward classes (OBCs). It was relieved from this responsibility by the 102ndAmendment Act of 2018.
  • A key monitoring activity performed by the Commission pertains to the setting up of special courts for the speedy trial of offences under the Civil Rights Act and the Atrocities Act.
  • It also monitors the case disposal rates of these courts. Over the years, the Commission has conducted several on-the-spot inquiries into complaints of atrocities.