{"id":10605,"date":"2024-02-10T06:07:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T06:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=10605"},"modified":"2024-02-10T06:07:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T06:07:40","slug":"parliament-passes-bills-for-obc-quota-in-local-bodies-in-jk-expand-list-of-scheduled-tribes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/parliament-passes-bills-for-obc-quota-in-local-bodies-in-jk-expand-list-of-scheduled-tribes\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament passes bills for OBC quota in local bodies in J&K, expand list of Scheduled Tribes"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW DELHI: On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Friday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Rajya\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Sabha<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>approved\u00a0<\/span><\/span>three\u00a0<\/span>bills\u00a0<\/span><\/span>concerning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Kashmir<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>One\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bills,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>aims\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>align\u00a0<\/span><\/span>local\u00a0<\/span><\/span>body\u00a0<\/span><\/span>regulations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Union\u00a0<\/span><\/span>territory\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Constitution,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>grants\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reservation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>backward\u00a0<\/span>classes.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Constitution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashmir)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Scheduled\u00a0<\/span>Castes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Amendment)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bill,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2024,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Local\u00a0<\/span>Bodies\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Laws\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Amendment)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bill,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2024,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Scheduled\u00a0<\/span>Tribes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Amendment)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bill,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2024\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>approved\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the Rajya\u00a0Sabha<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Lok\u00a0<\/span>Sabha\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>approved\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>three\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legislation.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Nityanand\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>Rai<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>state\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>home,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>responded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>discussion\u00a0<\/span><\/span>surrounding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Local\u00a0<\/span>Bodies\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Laws\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Amendment)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bill,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2024.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Union\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tribal\u00a0<\/span>Affairs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Arjun\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Munda\u00a0<\/span><\/span>responded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bill\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pertaining\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Scheduled\u00a0<\/span>Tribes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Order,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Social\u00a0<\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Empowerment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Virendra\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kumar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>addressed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>debate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Scheduled\u00a0<\/span>Castes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bill.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Munda,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>three\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legislation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>introduced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>following\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>repeal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Article\u00a0<\/span>370\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>intended\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>provide\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>justice.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“political\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reservation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>first\u00a0<\/span>time”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>granted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>goal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Local\u00a0<\/span>Bodies\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rules\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Amendment)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bill,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2024\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>align\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Union\u00a0<\/span><\/span>territory’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>local\u00a0<\/span><\/span>body\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rules\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>requirements\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Constitution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>grant\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reservation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Other\u00a0<\/span>Backward\u00a0<\/span>Classes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>panchayats\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>municipalities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>within\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>state.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Municipal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Act\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2000,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Municipal\u00a0<\/span>Corporation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Act\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2000,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Panchayati\u00a0<\/span>Raj\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Act\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1989\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>all\u00a0<\/span><\/span>intended\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>amended.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officials,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Panchayati\u00a0<\/span>Raj\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Act’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>provisions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>regarding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>state\u00a0<\/span><\/span>election\u00a0<\/span><\/span>commissioner\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>variance”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Constitution.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>As\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>synonym\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chura,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhangi,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Balmiki,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mehtar,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>they\u00a0<\/span><\/span>asserted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>administration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>suggested\u00a0<\/span>adding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Valmiki\u00a0<\/span><\/span>community\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>list\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Scheduled\u00a0<\/span>Castes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Union\u00a0<\/span>territory\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>serial\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>5.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Valmiki”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>addition\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Schedule\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Constitution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashmir)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Scheduled\u00a0<\/span>Castes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Order,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1956\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>proposed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Constitution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashmir)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Scheduled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Castes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Amendment)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bill,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2023.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>officials\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Pahari\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ethnic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Group,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Koli,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Paddari\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tribe,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Gadda\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Brahmin”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>populations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>all\u00a0<\/span><\/span>petitioned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>added\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>list\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Scheduled\u00a0<\/span>Tribes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>administration.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Constitution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashmir)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Scheduled\u00a0<\/span>Tribes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Amendment)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bill,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2023\u00a0<\/span><\/span>suggests\u00a0<\/span>making\u00a0<\/span><\/span>changes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1989\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Scheduled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tribes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Constitution\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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