Jammu and Kashmir bills for reservation and reorganization were discussed by Lok Sabha.
On 5 December, the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 were taken up for discussion in the Lok Sabha.
The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004 is to be amended by the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023.
This Act provides for reservation in jobs and admission to professional institutions to members of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and other socially and educationally backward classes.
On the other hand, the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization (Amendment) Bill, 2019 is to be amended by the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization (Amendment) Bill, 2023.
The 2019 Act had amended the Second Schedule of the 1950 Act to specify the total number of seats in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly as 83.
With this proposed bill, the total number of seats increases to 90.
In this, seven seats are also reserved for Scheduled Caste and nine seats for Scheduled Tribes.
The bill states that the Lieutenant Governor can nominate a maximum of two members from the Kashmiri migrant community to the Legislative Assembly. One of the nominated members must be a woman.
Migrants are defined as persons who migrated from the Kashmir Valley or any other part of the State of Jammu and Kashmir after 1 November 1989 and are registered with the Relief Commissioner.
