President of India Pranab Mukherjee gave his
assent to the Constitution (119th Amendment) Bill, 2013 that related to the
Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) between India and Bangladesh. Earlier, the bill
was unanimously passed by both the houses of the Parliament in May 2015. It is
the 100th amendment to the Indian Constitution and amends its
first schedule.
List of recent
amendments to the Indian Constitution:-
The Constitution
(91st Amendment) Act, 2004
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Restricted
the size of the Council of Ministers (CoM) to 15 percent of legislative
members & strengthened the Anti Defection laws.
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The Constitution
(92nd Amendment) Act, 2004
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Included
Bodo, Dogri, Santali and Maithali as official languages.
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The Constitution
(93rd Amendment) Act, 2006
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Provided
for 27 percent reserrvation for other backward classes in government as well
as private higher educational institutions.
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The Constitution
(94th Amendment) Act, 2006
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To
provide for a Minister of Tribal Welfare in newly created Jharkhand and
Chhattisgarh States including Madhya Pradesh and Orissa.
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The Constitution
(95th Amendment) Act, 2010
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To
extend the reservation of seats for
Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the Lok Sabha and
states assemblies from Sixty years to Seventy years
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The Constitution
(96th Amendment) Act, 2011
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Substituted
Odia for Oriya
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The Constitution
(97th Amendment) Act, 2012
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Added
the words "or co-operative societies" after the word "or
unions" in Article 19(l)(c) and inserted article 43B related to
promotion of co-operative societies and added Part-IXB that is The
Co-operative Societies
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The Constitution
(98th Amendment) Act, 2013
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To
empower the Governor of Karnataka to take steps to develop the
Hyderabad-Karnataka Region
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The Constitution
(99th Amendment) Act, 2014
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The
amendment provides for the formation of a National Judicial Appointments
Commission
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The Constitution
(100th Amendment) Act, 2015
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Related
to the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) between India and Bangladesh
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