National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) NCSK is statutory body established under National Commission for Safai Karamcharis Act, 1993 It was established in 1994 to deal with the grievances of persons engaged in manual scavenging. It aims to promote and safeguard interests and rights of Safai Karamcharis and Manual Sacavengers and works for welfare of …
ICMR (The Indian Council of Medical Research) The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research through intramural as well as extramural research, is one of the oldest medical research bodies in the world. IRFA (Indian Research Fund Association) established in 1911 …
Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) It is national meteorological service of the country and chief government agency dealing in everything related to meteorology, seismology and associated subjects. It was formed in 1875. It functions under Ministry of Earth Sciences. It is headquartered in New Delhi. Currently, the Director General of Meteorology (DGM) of the IMD is Dr. K J …
Preventive detention Preventive detention means to detain a person so that to prevent that person from commenting on any possible crime or in other words preventive detention is an action taken by the administration on the grounds of the suspicion that some wrong actions may be done by the person concerned which will be prejudicial …
Minorities – Act, Rights under Constitution, National Commission of Minorities & Ministry Define ‘Minority’ ‘Minority’ – The word nowhere used in the Indian Constituiton. But the term “minority” has neither been defined in the act nor the Constitution, and there is no widely accepted definition of the term globally. The term “minority”, in general context, …