PYQ Vault · Paper 1 · Statutory & Constitutional Bodies
Explain the structure and functions of the National Commission for Women.
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
r! 1992 origin under the 1990 Act → born of women's-movement demand R2 compact statutory body → design shapes both its reach and its limits
Body flow
structure (Chairperson + five Members + Member-Secretary; Gol- appointed; SC/ST seats) → Section 10(1) fourteen-point mandate (safeguards → discrimination → status → cases) → functional cells (Complaint & Counselling → Legal → Parivarik Mahila Lok Adalat → Research) → civil court powers in inquiry
Counter-view
civil court powers in inquiry, but no power to punish offenders → role stays recommendatory
Conclusion routes
R1 genuine working machinery for women's rights, structurally Sree embedded R2 the structure equips the functions yet caps their enforcement
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
