TMI BlogThe Constitution (One Hundred and Second Amendment) Act, 2018.X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 1. (1) This Act may be called the Constitution (One Hundred and Second Amendment) Act, 2018. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. Amendment of article 338. 2. In article 338 of the Constitution, in clause (10), the words, brackets and figures to such other backward classes as the President may, on receipt of the report of a Commission appointed under clause (1) of article 340, by order specify and also shall be omitted. Insertion of new article 338B. 3. After article 338A of the Constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:- National Commission for Backward Classes. 338B. (1) There shall be a Commiss ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... those safeguards; (e) to make in such reports the recommendations as to the measures that should be taken by the Union or any State for the effective implementation of those safeguards and other measures for the protection, welfare and socio-economic development of the socially and educationally backward classes; and (f) to discharge such other functions in relation to the protection, welfare and development and advancement of the socially and educationally backward classes as the President may, subject to the provisions of any law made by Parliament, by rule specify. (6) The President shall cause all such reports to be laid before each House of Parliament along with a memorandum explaining the action taken or proposed to be taken ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 4. After article 342 of the Constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:- Socially and educationally backward classes. 342A. (1) The President may with respect to any State or Union territory, and where it is a State, after consultation with the Governor thereof, by public notification, specify the socially and educationally backward classes which shall for the purposes of this Constitution be deemed to be socially and educationally backward classes in relation to that State or Union territory, as the case may be. (2) Parliament may by law include in or exclude from the Central List of socially and educationally backward classes specified in a notification issued under clause (1) any socially and education ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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