: President Kovind gives assent to Bill allowing states to make OBC lists #IndiaNEWS President Ram Nath Kovind has granted his assent to the Constitution (105th Amendment) Act 2021, which restores the

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President Ram Nath Kovind has granted his assent to the Constitution (105th Amendment) Act 2021, which restores the power of state governments to make their own lists of Other Backward Classes, ANI reported on Friday.The legislation was passed by the Lok Sabha on August 10 and by the Rajya Sabha on August 11, according to PRS Legislative Research. It was introduced as the Constitution (127th Amendment) Bill but was renumbered later.The legislation, which is now an Act, effectively bypasses a judgement of the Supreme Court that, in May, allowed only the Centre to notify the list of OBCs in India. Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Virendra Kumar, while introducing the Bill in the Lok Sabha, had said there was a need to amend Article 342A of the Constitution to sufficiently clarify that the state and Union Territories’ administrations had been empowered to prepare and keep their own list of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes.The ministry had also noted that amendments had to be made to Articles 338B and 366 to maintain India’s federal system, according to PTI. Article 342A deals with the president’s power to notify a specific caste as a Socially and Educationally Backward Classes and the power of Parliament to modify the list, PTI reported.

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