SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act - Current Affairs Questions and Answers

1)   RS passed which bill to amend existing offences and add new offences to the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989?

a. Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Bill 2015
b. Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill 2015
c. SC &ST (Prevention of Atrocities and Actions ) Bill 2015
d. SC &ST ( Prevention of Violence) Bill 2015
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill 2015

Explanation:
Upper House of the Parliament, RS on 21st December 2015 passed the Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill 2015. Bill aims to amend SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989. Bill amends existing categories and adds certain categories of actions by non SC and ST against ST or SC to be treated as offences.

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