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 (91st 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 (92nd Amendment) Act, 2004 | Included Bodo, Dogri, Santhali and Maithali as official languages in the 8th schedule of the constitution. |
The Constitution (93rd Amendment) Act, 2006 | 27% reservation for OBCs in government as well as private higher educational institutions. |
The Constitution (94th 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 (95th 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 (96th Amendment) Act, 2011 | Substituted the word Oriya with Odia in the 8th schedule. |
The Constitution (97th 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 (98th Amendment) Act, 2013 | Empowered the Governor of Karnataka to take steps to develop the Hyderabad-Karnataka Region. |
The Constitution (99th 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 (100th Amendment) Act, 2015 | Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) between India and Bangladesh. |
The Constitution (101st Amendment) Act, 2017 | Introduction of Goods and Services Tax in the country. Gave constitutional status to GST Council. |
The Constitution (102nd Amendment) Act, 2018 | Inserted a new Article 338B and gave Constitutional status to National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC). |
The Constitution (103rdth Amendment) Act, 2019 | It provided a maximum of 10% Reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWSs). |
The Constitution (104th Amendment) Act, 2020 | It extended the reservation of seats for SCs and STs in the Lok Sabha and states assemblies. |