SRINAGAR: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will introduce the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 in Rajya Sabha today afternoon. Both the Bills were passed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 seeks amendment to the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004, while the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 provides amendment to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019.
The JK Reservation (Amendment) Bill aims to provide reservation to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and other socially and educationally backward classes while the JK Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill seeks to increase number of seats in JK Assembly.
Once approved by the Rajya Sabha, the bills will go for assent of the President of India. After President gives her nod to the bills, they will become a law.
