National Commission for Scheduled Tribes came into existence as a separate commission in which of the following year?

Option 3 : 2004

The correct answer is 2004.

• The 89th Amendment of the Constitution came into force on 19 February 2004, and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes has been set up under Article 338A.
• National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) is an Indian constitutional body that was established through Constitution (89th Amendment) Act, 2003.
• It was formed by bifurcation from National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes which was formed in 1978.​

• The First Commission was constituted in 2004 with Kunwar Singh as the chairperson.
• The present chairman of NCST is Harsha Chauhan (as of June 2022).