26State Monitoring Committee

(1) Every State Government shall, by notification, constitute a State MonitoringCommittee, consisting of the following members, namely:—

(a) the Chief Minister of State or a Minister nominated by him—Chairperson,ex officio;

(b) the Minister-in-charge of the Scheduled Castes Welfare, and such otherDepartment, as the State Government may notify;

(c) Chairperson of the State Commissions for Safai Karamcharis, and ScheduledCastes, if any— member, ex officio;

(d) representatives of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, and SafaiKaramcharis— member, ex officio;

(e) not less than two members of the State Legislature belonging to the ScheduledCastes, nominated by the State Government:

Provided that if any State Legislature has no member belonging to theScheduled Castes, the State Government may nominate the members belonging to theScheduled Tribes;

(f) the Director-General of Police— member, ex officio;

(g) Secretaries to the State Government in the Departments of Home, PanchayatiRaj, Urban Local Bodies, and such other Departments, as the State Government may notify;

(h) Chief Executive Officer of at least one Municipal Corporation, Panchayat atthe district-level, Cantonment Board and railway authority as the State Governmentmay notify;

(i) not more than four social workers belonging to organisation working for theprohibition of manual scavenging and rehabilitation of manual scavengers, or,representing the scavenger community, resident in the State, to be nominated by theState Government, two of whom shall be women;

(j) State-level head of the convener Bank of the State Level Bankers Committee—member, ex officio;

(k) Secretary of the Department of the State Government dealing withdevelopment of the Scheduled Castes—Member-Secretary, ex officio;

(l) such other representative of Departments of the State Government and suchother agencies which, in the opinion of the State Government, are concerned with theimplementation of this Act.

(2) The State Monitoring Committee shall meet at least once in every six months andshall observe such rules of procedure in regard to the transaction of business at its meetingsas may be prescribed.