National Human Rights Commission of India

National Human Rights Commission राष्ट्रीय मानव अधिकार आयोग
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Motto	sarve bhavantu sukhinaḥ (transl. "May All be Happy")
Agency overview
Formed	12 October 1993 (31 years ago) (12 October 1993)
Annual budget	₹70,000,000,000 (US$810 million)
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency (Operations jurisdiction)	India
Operations jurisdiction	India
Map of National Human Rights Commission's jurisdiction
Size	3,287,263 km2 (1,269,219 sq mi)
Population	1,428,627,663 (estimate 2023)
Legal jurisdiction	India
Governing body	Ministry of Home Affairs (India)
Constituting instrument	Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993
General nature	Federal law enforcement
Operational structure
Headquarters	MANAV ADHIKAR BHAVAN, BLOCK-C, GPO COMPLEX, INA, New Delhi - 110 023.
Ministers responsible	Amit Shah, Minister of State of Home Affairs of India Nityanand Rai, Minister of State for Home Affairs of India Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Minister of State for Home Affairs of India
Agency executives	Justice V. Ramasubramanian, Chairman Bharat Lal, Secretary General (CEO)
Child agencies	Andhra Pradesh State Human Rights Commission Arunachal Pradesh State Human Rights Commission Assam Human Rights Commission Bihar Human Rights Commission Chhattisgarh Human Rights Commission Goa Human Rights Commission Gujarat State Human Rights Commission Haryana State Human Rights Commission Himachal Pradesh State Human Rights Commission Jharkhand Human Rights Commission Karnataka State Human Rights Commission Kerala State Human Rights Commission Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission Manipur State Human Rights Commission Meghalaya State Human Rights Commission Mizoram State Human Rights Commission Nagaland State Human Rights Commission Odisha Human Rights Commission Punjab State Human Rights Commission Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission Sikkim State Human Rights Commission Tamil Nadu Human Rights Commission Telangana State Human Rights Commission Tripura State Human Rights Commission Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission Uttarakhand Human Rights Commission West Bengal Human Rights Commission
Notables
Anniversary	12 October
Website
www.nhrc.nic.in

National Human Rights Commission of India (abbreviated as NHRC) is a statutory body constituted on 12 October 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Ordinance of 28 September 1993.^[1] It was given a statutory basis by the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (PHRA).^[2] The NHRC is responsible for the protection and promotion of human rights, which is defined by the act as "rights relating to life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the Constitution or embodied in the International Covenants and enforceable by courts in India".^[3]