Q. With reference to the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India, consider the following statements.
1. Original constitution in 1950 provided for the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India.
2. Every state has a regional office of Linguistic Minorities in its capital city.
3. It ensures effective implementation of various safeguards for linguistic minorities agreed by the state government.
How many statements given above are correct?
Exp) Option a is the correct answer
The Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities (also known as Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities) is a constitutional body which is established under Article 350- B in Part XVII of the Indian Constitution.
Statement 1 is incorrect. Article 350-B was inserted by the 7th Constitutional (Amendment) Act, 1957. Originally, the Constitution of India did not make any provision with respect to the Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities. The amendment was enacted based on the recommendations of the State Reorganization Commission (SRC).
Statement 2 is incorrect. The Commissioner has his headquarters at Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh). He has three regional offices only at Belgaum (Karnataka), Chennai (Tamil Nadu) and Kolkata (West Bengal). The Commissioner falls under the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
Statement 3 is correct. The commission fulfil various objectives. It includes to ensure effective implementation of the safeguards provided for the linguistic minorities in the Constitution and other safeguards, which are agreed to by the states / U.T.s.
