Important Government Commissions

Important Government Commissions of Madhya Pradesh and India

Important Commissions in Madhya Pradesh
S.No.	Commission	Estb. year	Headquarters	Chairperson
1.	State Election Commission	1994	Bhopal	R. Parshuram
2	State Human Rights Commission	1995	Bhopal	Justice Narendra Kumar Jain
3.	Madhya Pradesh State Women Commission	1998	Bhopal	Shobha Oza
4.	State Child Protection Commission	2008	Bhopal	-
5.	State Scheduled Castes Commission	1995	Bhopal	Anand Ahirwar
6.	State Scheduled Tribes Commission	1995	Bhopal	Narender Marawi
7.	State Backward class Commission	1993	Bhopal	JP Dhanopia
8.	State Information Commission	2005	Bhopal	A.K. Shukla
9.	State Minorities Commission	1996	Bhopal	Niyaz Muhammad Khan
10.	Madhya Pradesh Wakf Board	1995	Bhopal	Shakil Chandina
11.	State Finance Commission	1994	-	Himmat Kothari
12.	State Administrative Tribunal	1985	Principal bench- Jabalpur	Ramesh Singh Thakur (Judicial) Naini Jayaseelan (Administrative)
13.	Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission	1956	Indore	Bhaskar Chaube
14.	State Vigilance Commission	1964	Bhopal	-

Important Commissions in India
S.No.	Commission	Estb. year	Headquarters	First Chairperson	Latest Chairperson	Composition	Objective
1.	National Human Rights Commission	1993	New Delhi	Ranganath Misra	Vacant	1 chairman and 7 other members Chairperson, National Commission for Scheduled Castes Chairperson, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes Chairperson, National Commission for Minorities Chairperson, National Commission for Women Chairperson, National Commission for Backward Classes Chairperson National Commission for Protection of Child Rights Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities	Responsible for the protection and promotion of human rights, defined by the Act as "Rights Relating To Life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the Constitution or embodied in the International Covenants and enforceable by courts in India.
2.	National Commission for Women	1992	New Delhi	Jayanti Patnaik	Rekha Sharma	-	Review the Constitutional and Legal safeguards for women ; recommend remedial legislative measures ; facilitate redressal of grievances and advise the Government on all policy matters affecting women
3.	National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)	2007	New Delhi	-	Priyank Kanoongo	1 chairman and 7 other members	Form special cells in schools to solve problems of children. The cell will examine the mental and physical torture against children.
4.	National Scheduled Castes Commission	2004	New Delhi	S. H. Ramdhan	Prof. Ram Shankar Katheria	a chairman, a vice-chairman and four other members.	Generate an atmosphere conducive to the all-round development of children besides safeguarding SC interests
5	National Scheduled Tribes Commission	2004	New Delhi	Kunwar Singh	Nand Kumar Sai	a Chairperson, a Vice-Chairperson and three full-time Members (including one female Member)	Oversee the implementation of various safeguards provided to Scheduled Tribes under the Constitution.
6.	National Commission for Backward Classes	1993	New Delhi	Justice (Retd.) R N Prasad	Bhagwan Lal Sahni	a Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and three other Members	To look into all the grievances, rights and safeguards relating to Backward Classes).
7.	Central Information Commission	2005	New Delhi	Wajahat Habibullah	Y K Sinha, IAS	one chief information commissioner and not more than ten information commissioners	-
8.	Central Vigilance Commission	1964	New Delhi	Nittoor Srinivasa Rau	K. V. Chowdary	one Central Vigilance Commissioner and two Vigilance Commissioners	To address governmental corruption
9.	National Green Tribunal	2010	Principal Bench- New Delhi	Justice Lokeshwar Singh Panta	Adarsh Kumar Goel	Chairman (retired justice) and other judicial members	handle the expeditious disposal of the cases pertaining to environmental issues
10.	Union Public Service Commission	1926	New Delhi	Sir Ross Barker (pre- independence) H. K. Kripalani (post- independence)	Pradeep Kumar Joshi	Chairman and other members	responsible for appointments to and examinations for All India services and group A & group B of Central services
11.	Central Administrative Tribunal	1985	New Delhi	Justice K. Madhav Reddy	Justice E L Narasimha Reddy	One chairman and 5 other bench members	adjudication of disputes and complaints with respect to recruitment and conditions of service of persons appointed to public services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union or other authorities under the control of the Government.
12.	National Commission for Minorities	1992	New Delhi	Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi	Vacant	One Chairperson, one Vice-Chairperson and five Members	Evaluate the progress of the development of Minorities under the Union and States
13.	Central Wakf Council	1964	New Delhi	-	Ministry of Minority Affairs, Govt. of India	One Chairperson, and not more than 20 Members	Advising it on matters pertaining to the working of the State Waqf Boards and proper administration of the Waqfs in the country.
14.	Finance Commission	1951	-	K. C. Neogy	N. K. Singh (15th Finance Commission)	a chairman and four other members	Distribution of 'net proceeds' of taxes between Center and the States, to be divided as per their respective contributions to the taxes.
15.	NITI Aayog	2015	New Delhi	-	PM of India (chairman) Rajiv Kumar, (Vice Chairperson) Amitabh Kant, (CEO)	The Prime Minister as the Chairperson. A Governing Council composed of Chief Ministers of all the States and Union territories with Legislatures and lieutenant governors of Union Territories(except Delhi and Pondicherry) Regional Councils composed of Chief Ministers of States and Lt. Governors of Union Territories in the region to address specific issues and contingencies impacting more than one state or a region. Full-time organizational framework composed of a Vice-Chairperson, four full-time members, two part-time members (from leading universities, research organizations and other relevant institutions in an ex-officio capacity), four ex-officio members of the Union Council of Ministers, a Chief Executive Officer (with the rank of Secretary to the Government of India) who looks after administration, and a secretariat. Experts and specialists in various fields.	Achieve sustainable development goals with cooperative federalism by fostering the involvement of State Governments of India in the economic policy-making process using a bottom-up approach.
16.	Election Commission of India	1950	New Delhi	Sukumar Sen V. S. Ramadevi (first women)	Sunil Arora	A three-member body, with one Chief Election Commissioner and two Election Commissioners.	conduct of elections to parliament and state legislatures and to the offices of the President and Vice-President.