FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMISSION‌

The functions of the Commission are the following:

(a) To investigate and monitor all matters relating to the constitutional and other legal safeguards for the socially and educationally backward classes and to evaluate their working.

(b) To inquire into specific complaints with respect to the deprivation of rights and safeguards of the socially and educationally backward classes.

(c) To participate and advise on the socioeconomic development of the socially and educationally backward classes and to evaluate the progress of their development under the Union or a state.

(d) To present to the President, annually and at such other times as it may deem fit, reports upon the working of those safeguards.

(e) To make recommendations as to the measures that should be taken by the Union or a state for the effective implementation of those safeguards and other measures for the protection, welfare and socio-economic development of the socially and educationally backward classes.

(f) To discharge such other functions in relation to the protection, welfare, development and advancement of the socially and educationally backward classes as the President may specify.