29Central Monitoring Committee

(1) The Central Government shall, by notification, constitute a Central MonitoringCommittee in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(2) The Central Monitoring Committee shall consist of the following members,namely:—

(a) The Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment—Chairperson,ex officio;

(b) Chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes—member,ex officio;

(c) Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment—member, ex officio;

(d) Chairperson, National Commission for Safai Karamcharis—member, ex officio;

(e) the Member of the Planning Commission dealing with development of theScheduled Castes— member, ex officio;

(f) three elected members of Parliament belonging to Scheduled Castes, two fromthe Lok Sabha and one from the Rajya Sabha;

(g) Secretaries of the Ministries of,—

(i) Social Justice and Empowerment, Department of Social Justice andEmpowerment;

(ii) Urban Development;

(iii) Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation;

(iv) Drinking Water and Sanitation;

(v) Panchayati Raj;

(vi) Finance, Department of Financial Services; and

(vii) Defence,

members, ex officio;

(h) Chairman, Railway Board—member, ex officio;

(i) Director-General, Defence Estates—member, ex officio;

(j) representatives of not less than six State Governments and one Union territory,as the Central Government may, notify;

(k) not more than six social workers belonging to organisation working for theprohibition of manual scavenging and rehabilitation of manual scavengers, or,representing the scavenger community, resident in the country, to be nominated bythe Chairperson, two of whom shall be women;

(l) Joint Secretary, Department of Social Justice and Empowerment in theMinistry of Social Justice and Empowerment, looking after development of ScheduledCastes—Member-Secretary, ex officio;

(m) such other representatives of Central Ministries or Departments and agencieswhich, in the opinion of the Chairperson, are concerned with the implementation ofthis Act.

(3) The Central Monitoring Committee shall meet at least once in every six months.