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Last 15 Constitutional Amendments

Last 15 Constitutional Amendments: The list below is very important for the exams conducted by UPSC, including civil services examination and EPFO Enforcement Officer. Besides, it is also important for various State Public Service Commission examination.

Constitutional Amendment	Provision
The Constitution (90th Amendment) Act, 2003	Provided for maintaining the erstwhile representation of the Scheduled Tribes in the Assam legislative assembly from the Bodoland Territorial Areas District (Article-332 (6))
The Constitution (91^st Amendment) Act, 2004	Restricted the size of the Council of Ministers (CoM) to 15 percent of legislative members & strengthened the Anti Defection laws.
The Constitution (92^nd Amendment) Act, 2004	Included Bodo, Dogri, Santhali and Maithali as official languages in the 8^th schedule of the constitution.
The Constitution (93^rd Amendment) Act, 2006	27% reservation for OBCs in government as well as private higher educational institutions.
The Constitution (94^th Amendment) Act, 2006	Provided for a Minister of Tribal Welfare in newly created Jharkhand and the Chhattisgarh States including Madhya Pradesh and Orissa.
The Constitution (95^th Amendment) Act, 2010	Extension of reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the Lok Sabha and states assemblies from 60 years to 70 years.
The Constitution (96^th Amendment) Act, 2011	Substituted the word Oriya with Odia in the 8^th schedule.
The Constitution (97^th Amendment) Act, 2012	Added the words “or co-operative societies” after the word “or unions” in Article 19(l)(c) and inserted Article 43B related to the promotion of co-operative societies and added Part-IXB: The Co-operative Societies.
The Constitution (98^th Amendment) Act, 2013	Empowered the Governor of Karnataka to take steps to develop the Hyderabad-Karnataka Region.
The Constitution (99^th Amendment) Act, 2014	Provided for the formation of a National Judicial Appointments Commission. (Which was later declared null and void by the Supreme Court).
The Constitution (100^th Amendment) Act, 2015	Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) between India and Bangladesh.
The Constitution (101^st Amendment) Act, 2017	Introduction of Goods and Services Tax in the country. Gave constitutional status to GST Council.
The Constitution (102^nd Amendment) Act, 2018	Inserted a new Article 338B and gave Constitutional status to National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC).
The Constitution (103^rdth Amendment) Act, 2019	It provided a maximum of 10% Reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWSs).
The Constitution (104^th Amendment) Act, 2020	It extended the reservation of seats for SCs and STs in the Lok Sabha and states assemblies.