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WCD Ministry said that in keeping with Section 3 of the NCW Act, 1990, it has nominated Chandramukhi Devi, Soso Shaiza, and Kamlesh Gautam as NCW members for their stipulated three-year term. In its statement, the WCD Ministry said that in keeping with Section 3 of the NCW Act, 1990, it has nominated Chandramukhi Devi, Soso Shaiza, and Kamlesh Gautam as NCW members for their stipulated three-year term. THE Ministry of Woman and Child Development (WCD) announced on Friday that it has nominated three members to the National Commission for Women (NCW). The members continue to be political appointees as a crucial NCW Bill, which recommended that appointments to the NCW should not be political, has been pending with the PMO. The draft Bill, which would have amended the NCW Act 1990 to expand the limited powers of the Commission, was approved by the Arun Jaitley-headed Group of Ministers in April 2015..