• By Mayukh Debnath
  • Tue, 26 Dec 2023 09:42 PM (IST)
  • Source:ANI

J-K Reservation (Amendment) Act, 2023: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday issued a notification declaring December 26, 2023 as the date of promulgation of the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Act, 2023. The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 was adopted by the Parliament earlier this month during the recently concluded Winter Session.

"In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Act, 2023 (34 of 2023), the Central Government hereby appoints the 26th day of December, 2023, as the date on which the provisions of the said Act shall come into force," the notification issued by the Centre stated.

On December 11, the Rajya Sabha passed unanimously the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, as well as Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, with a voice vote amending key laws in the Union Territory.

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The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 were aimed at providing "rights to those who faced injustice" and were deprived of their rights in the Union Territory, as per the BJP-ruled central government. Both bills were earlier passed by the Lok Sabha in the Winter Session.

Speaking in the Rajya Sabha on the two Jammu and Kashmir Bills, Union Minister Amit Shah had said one of the Bills seeks to represent those who became refugees in their own country and also reserves one seat in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly for people who have been displaced from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

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The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 was passed to amend the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004. The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004 provided reservation in jobs and admission in professional institutions to Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), and other socially and educationally backward classes.

(With inputs from ANI)