{"id":123724,"date":"2021-08-05T19:51:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T14:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=123724"},"modified":"2021-08-11T15:34:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T10:04:49","slug":"cabinet-passes-bill-restoring-power-of-states-to-make-their-own-obc-lists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/cabinet-passes-bill-restoring-power-of-states-to-make-their-own-obc-lists\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet passes bill restoring power of states to make their own OBC lists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/pti-stories\/cabinet-nod-to-bill-to-restore-power-of-states-uts-to-make-their-own-obc-lists-sources-121080401470_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business Standard<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The reservation has always been a sticky and political issue. While some time back Government gave constitutional status to NCBC, now Government is coming up with a move for states to make their own OBC list.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Context:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The Union Cabinet is learnt to have cleared a Constitution amendment bill which seeks to give power to states and UTs to make their own OBC lists<\/p>\n<p><strong>What were the changes brought by the 102 Constitution Amendment Act 2018?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Inserted<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Article 338 B \u2013 Deals with structure, power &amp; duties of National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC)<\/li>\n<li>Article 342A\u2014President has the power to notify any particular caste as Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) for grant of quota in jobs and admissions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>What are the Court judgements regarding reservation?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Set aside Maharashtra law granting the quota to Marathas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/maratha-reservation-and-the-reservation-policy-in-india-explained-pointwise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maratha Reservation and the Reservation Policy in India \u2013 Explained, Pointwise<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Refused to refer 1992 Mandal verdict which puts a 50% cap on reservation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-mandal-case-and-reservation-in-india-explained-pointwise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Mandal case and Reservation in India \u2013 Explained, Pointwise<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dismissed Centre plea to review 102 Constitution amendment which took away the power of states to provide benefits regarding job &amp; admission to SEBC (Socially &amp; Educationally Backward Classes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>SC Verdict on 102 Amendment Act 2018<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>The SC upheld the constitutional validity of the act<\/li>\n<li>According to Article 342 A(1)\u2014centre alone is empowered to identify SEBC for claiming reservation benefits. Further, Once the list is published, amendments can be done only by law enacted by the parliament<\/li>\n<li>The states can only make suggestions to President.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/supreme-court-upheld-validity-of-102nd-constitution-amendment-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court Upheld Validity of 102nd Constitution Amendment Act<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Terms to know:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/national-commission-for-backward-classes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Commission for Backward Classes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Business Standard Synopsis: The reservation has always been a sticky and political issue. While some time back Government gave constitutional status to NCBC, now Government is coming up with a move for states to make their own OBC list. Context: The Union Cabinet is learnt to have cleared a Constitution amendment bill which seeks&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/cabinet-passes-bill-restoring-power-of-states-to-make-their-own-obc-lists\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cabinet passes bill restoring power of states to make their own OBC lists<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5480,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[8892,212,8831,8891,6584],"class_list":["post-123724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-102nd-constitution-amendment","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-law-and-mechanism-for-protection-of-vulnerable-sections","tag-obc-lists","tag-reservation","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700971517},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5480"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}