Bhagwat Prasad Makwana Appointed NCSK Chairperson

The correct answer is Bhagwat Prasad Makwana. The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment appointed him Chairperson of the Commission, and the release sets out his background: a Master's degree in Economics, long experience in social work for Scheduled Caste communities, earlier service as Vice-Chairman and then Chairman of the Safai Karamchari Commission under the Government of Uttarakhand, a term as an Independent Director on the Board of NHPC, and membership of the Central Monitoring Committee constituted under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. Every wrong option here names someone appointed in the same order but to a different post. Kaishab Bihari in option A is the Vice-Chairperson, while option C and option D name two of the three Members. That is precisely how such questions are framed, so learn the post beside each name rather than the list of names alone.

The correct answer is 31 March 2028. The release states that the appointments will be effective up to that date, which corresponds to the remaining tenure of the present Commission. This is an important point of principle and not just a date to memorise: the new Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Members do not begin a fresh full term of their own but serve out the unexpired part of the Commission's existing tenure. Options B, C and D are plausible-looking dates that do not appear in the release. A related detail worth carrying is the composition: one Chairperson, one Vice-Chairperson and three Members were appointed in the same order, namely Bhagwat Prasad Makwana, Kaishab Bihari, Manoj Kumar Balmiki, Sushma Gaudiyal and Ravi Ramu Kalose. The appointments were made by the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment.

The correct answer is the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The release is issued by that Ministry, and the appointments were made by its Department of Social Justice and Empowerment. The Ministry also welcomed the new team and said it expects their combined experience in social welfare, public service, administration and academia to strengthen the Commission in discharging its mandate of safeguarding the rights, dignity and socio-economic well-being of safai karamcharis. Options A, B and D are ministries whose work touches sanitation, urban services or employment in some way, and that overlap is what makes them tempting, but none of them administers this Commission. Fix the link in memory through the subject matter: safai karamcharis are a question of social justice for the Scheduled Castes, and this Commission accordingly sits with the social justice ministry.

The correct answer is the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. The release records that Bhagwat Prasad Makwana served as a Member of the Central Monitoring Committee constituted under that Act, before his appointment as Chairperson of the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis. Option C names the earlier statute on the same subject, which the 2013 Act replaced, and it is therefore the most difficult distractor to reject. Options A and D are genuine laws protecting the Scheduled Castes but deal with untouchability offences and atrocities rather than manual scavenging, so neither is named here. Carry the Chairperson's other credentials with this: a Master's degree in Economics, earlier terms as Vice-Chairman and Chairman of the Uttarakhand Safai Karamchari Commission, and a stint as an Independent Director on the NHPC Board.