 bill no 293 of  2015 the  constitution (amendment) bill, 2015 byshri arjun meghwal, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2015 2 in article 338 of the constitution, after clause (5), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—amendment of article 338 statement of objects and reasonsarticle 338 of the constitution provides for the national commission for the scheduled castes to monitor all matters relating to the safeguards provided for the scheduled castes under the constitution and other laws for the time being in forcethe national commission for the scheduled castes is working for the last so many years but the desired result has not been achieved, so far the major reason for this handicap is that the recommendations made by the national commission for the scheduled castes in its reports are treated as recommendatory in nature by the government these recommendations are not considered seriously by the government when it comes to implement the same therefore, it is necessary to amend the constitution with a view to provide that the recommendations made by the national commission in its reports shall be binding upon, and implemented by, the central government and the state governments within a period of one year from the date of making of such recommendationshence this billnew delhi;arjun meghwalnovember 18, 2015 annexure extract from the constitution of india     338 (1) there shall be a commission for the scheduled castes to be known as the national commission for the scheduled castesnational commission for scheduled castes     (5) it shall be the duty of the commission—      (f) to discharge such other functions in relation to the protection, welfare and development and advancement of the scheduled castes as the president may, subject to the provisions of any law made by the parliament, by rule specify       lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri arjun meghwal, mp)gmgipmrnd—2968ls(s3)—04-12-2015