124th Constitutional Amendment Bill passed
Highlights:
- Parliament on 9 January 2019 cleared the Constitutional Amendment Bill guaranteeing 10% quota in education and employment to economically weaker sections in the general category.
- This followed the approval of the bill by the Rajya Sabha.
- The Lok Sabha had passed the bill a day earlier on 8 January 2019. Later on 12 January 2019 President Ram Nath Kovind signed the Bill to give it constitutional authority.
- The pertaining constitutional amendment bill is the 124 Amendment Bill that was introduced by Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot in the Parliament on 7 January 2019.
- The reservation would be applicable to jobs in both Central and State governments.
- However, the legislation gives powers to States to determine the economic criteria for identification of beneficiaries.
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