PYQ Vault · Paper 1 · Statutory & Constitutional Bodies
Examine the role of the National Commission for Minorities in preserving, promoting and protecting the rights of minorities in India.
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Flow snapshot — how the answer moves
Intro routes
R1 NCM as institutional answer to an admitted gap → 1978 Resolution'’s own confession → statutory status, 1992 R2 safeguards exist on paper → felt inequality persists → NCM created to bridge paper and practice
Body flow
threefold role tied to the question's verbs → preserve: monitor Arts 15, 16, 25-30, 350A/B + evaluate development → promote: study discrimination + recommend to governments → protect: investigate complaints, civil-court powers, Bharatpur 2011 / Assam 2012
Counter-view
statutory not constitutional → recommendations non-binding → Mahmood "toothless tiger" / "Sarkari puppet" → Hasan: no rights without constitutional backing + political will
Conclusion routes
R1 preserves and promotes more than it protects → Kymlicka's eee sroup-differentiated rights → constitutional status + binding powers to secure, not record R2 role is real but reach is limited → reform closes the very gap the 1978 Resolution first named
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
