RAS question
Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission was established in:
Correct answer: (A) 1999.
The Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission was constituted on 18 January 1999 under the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993.
Explanation
The answer is 1999 because the Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission was constituted on 18 January 1999 to exercise the powers and functions assigned to a State Human Rights Commission under Chapter V of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993. The 2000 date often causes confusion: the Commission became functional only on 23 March 2000, when Justice Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar was appointed as its first Chairperson. For an RAS question asking when the Commission was established, the constitution date is the relevant one, not the later date on which it began functioning. The Commission is headquartered at Jaipur.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) 2000 refers to the Commission becoming functional on 23 March 2000, not to its establishment.
- (C) 2005 is neither the constitution year nor the functional-start year stated for the Commission.
- (D) 1993 is the year of the Protection of Human Rights Act under which the Commission was constituted, not the year Rajasthan established the Commission.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan's statutory commissions within the state political and administrative system. RAS repeats such questions because candidates must separate an institution's enabling Act, constitution date, and functional start date.