Sunday 11 November 2012

Latest Constitutional Amendment Bills of India


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The Constitution (118th Amendment) Bill, 2012 

Government today introduced in the Lok Sabha a bill seeking to amend Article 371 of the Constitution to grant special status to six backward districts of Hyderabad-Karnataka region, enabling local reservation in education and jobs, besides development.

Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde introduced the Constitution (118th Amendment) Bill, 2012 which aims to insert a new Article 371-J, to provide for special provisions for the six backward districts of North Karnataka, namely Gulbarga, Yadgir, Raichur, Bidar, Koppal and Bellary.

The Constitution (117th Amendment) Bill, 2012

The Government recently introduced the 117th Constitution Amendment Bill in the Rajya Sabha. The Bill upon becoming an Act would amend the Constitution to provide reservation to members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in government job promotions.

The Constitution (One Hundred Seventeenth Amendment) Bill, 2012 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on September 5, 2012 by Mr. V Narayansamy, Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
The Bill is necessitated to circumvent a Supreme Court verdict striking down reservation benefits for SCs and STs in promotions extended by the then Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh.

The Constitution (116th Amendment) Bill, 2011

The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011 was introduced along with a Constitutional (116th Amendment) Bill during the winter session of the 15th Lok Sabha on December 22, 2011.

Courtesy: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India



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