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not 1991 census as provided earlier by
the 84th Amendment Act of 2001.
Eighty-Eighth Made a provision for service tax. Taxes
Amendment Act, on services are levied by the Centre. But,
2003 their proceeds are collected as well as
appropriated by both the Centre and the
Amendment Amended Provisions of the
Number and Constitution
Year
Eighty-Ninth Bifurcated the erstwhile combined
Amendment National Commission for Scheduled
Act, 2003 Castes and Scheduled Tribes into two
separate bodies, namely, National
Commission for Scheduled Castes and
National Commission for Scheduled
Tribes. Both the Commissions consist of
a Chairperson, a ViceChairperson and
three other members. They are
appointed by the President.
Ninetieth Provided for maintaining the erstwhile
Amendment representation of the Scheduled Tribes
Act, 2003 and nonScheduled Tribes in the Assam
legislative assembly from the Bodoland
Territorial Areas District.
Ninety-First Made the following provisions to limit the
Amendment size of Council of Ministers, to debar
Act, 2003 defectors from holding public offices, and
to strengthen the anti-defection law:
1. The total number of ministers,
including the Prime Minister, in the
Central Council of Ministers shall not
exceed 15% of the total strength of
the Lok Sabha.
2. A member of either house of
Parliament belonging to any political
party who is disqualified on the
ground of defection shall also be
disqualified to be appointed as a
minister.
3. The total number of ministers,
including the Chief Minister, in the
Council of Ministers in a state shall
Amendment Amended Provisions of the
Number and Constitution
Year
not exceed 15% of the total strength
of the legislative Assembly of that
state. But, the number of ministers,
including the Chief Minister, in a state
shall not be less than 12.
4. A member of either House of a state
legislature belonging to any political
party who is disqualified on the
ground of defection shall also be
disqualified to be appointed as a
minister.
5. A member of either House of
Parliament or either House of a State
Legislature belonging to any political
party who is disqualified on the
ground of defection shall also be
disqualified to hold any remunerative
political post. The expression
“remunerative political post” means
(i) any office under the central
government or a state government
where the salary or remuneration for
such office is paid out of the public
revenue of the concerned
government; or (ii) any office under a
body, whether incorporated or not,
which is wholly or partially owned by
the central government or a state
government and the salary or
remuneration for such office is paid
by such body, except where such
salary or remuneration paid is
compensatory in nature.
Amendment Amended Provisions of the
Number and Constitution
Year
6. The provision of the Tenth Schedule
(anti-defection law) pertaining to
exemption from disqualification in
case of split by one-third members of
legislature party has been deleted. It
means that the defectors have no
more protection on grounds of splits.
Ninety-Second Included four more languages in the
Amendment Act, Eighth Schedule. They are Bodo, Dogri
2003 (Dongri),
Mathilli (Maithili) and Santhali. With this,
the total number of constitutionally
recognised languages increased to 22.
Ninety-Third Empowered the state to make special
Amendment Act, provisions for the socially and
2005 educationally backward classes or the
Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled
Tribes in educational institutions
including private educational institutions
(whether aided or unaided by the state),
except the minority educational
institutions.
Ninety-Fourth Freed Bihar from the obligation of having
Amendment Act, a tribal welfare minister and extended the
2006 same provision to Jharkhand and
Chhattisgarh. This provision will now be
applicable to the two newly formed states
Amendment Amended Provisions of the
Number and Constitution
Year
Ninety-Fifth Extended the reservation of seats for the
Amendment SCs and STs and special representation
Act, 2009 for the Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha
and the state legislative assemblies for a
further period of ten years i.e., upto 2020.
Ninety-Sixth Substituted “Odia” for “Oriya”.
Amendment Consequently, the “Oriya” language in
Act, 2011 the Eighth Schedule shall be pronounced
as “Odia”.
Ninety-Seventh Gave a constitutional status and
Amendment Act, protection to co-operative societies. In
2011 this context, it made the following three
changes in the constitution:
1. It made the right to form co-operative
societies a fundamental right.
2. It included a new Directive Principle
of State Policy on promotion of co-
operative societies.
3. It added a new Part IX-B in the
constitution which is entitled as “The
Co-operative Societies”.
Ninety-Eighth Provided for special provisions for the
Amendment Act, Hyderabad- Karnataka region of the
2012 State of Karnataka. The special
provisions aim to establish an institutional
mechanism for equitable allocation of
funds to meet the development needs
over the region, as well as to enhance
human resources and promote
employment from the region by providing
for local cadres in service and
reservation in educational and vocational
training institutions.
Amendment Amended Provisions of the
Number and Constitution
Year
Ninety-Ninth Replaced the collegium system of
Amendment Act, appointing judges to the Supreme Court
2014 and High Courts with a new body called
the National Judicial Appointments
Commission (NJAC). However, in 2015,
the Supreme Court has declared this
amendment act as unconstitutional and
void. Consequently, the earlier collegium
system became operative again.
One Hundredth Gave effect to the acquiring of certain
Amendment Act, territories by India and transfer of certain
2015 other territories to Bangladesh (through
exchange of enclaves and retention of
adverse possessions) in pursuance of
the Land Boundary Agreement of 1974
and its Protocol of 2011. For this
purpose, this amendment act amended
the provisions relating to the territories of
four states (Assam, West Bengal,
Meghalaya and Tripura) in the First
Schedule of the Constitution.
One Hundred and Paved the way for the introduction of the
First goods and services tax (GST) regime in
Amendment Act, the country. The GST shall replace a
2016 number of indirect taxes being levied by
the Union and the State Government. It is
intented to remove cascading effect of
taxes and provide for a common national
market for goods and services. The
proposed Central and State GST will be
levied on all transactions involving supply
of goods and services, except those
which are kept out of the purview of the
Amendment Amended Provisions of the
Number and Constitution
Year
GST. Accordingly, the amendment made
the following provisions:
1. Conferred concurrent taxing powers
upon the Parliament and the State
Legislatures to makes laws for
levying GST on every transaction of
supply of goods or services or both.
2. Dispensed the concept of “declared
goods of special importance” under
the constitution.
3. Provided for the levy of Integrated
GST on inter-state transactions of
goods and services.
4. Provided for the establishment of a
Goods and Services Tax Council by a
presidential order.
5. Made the provision of compensation
to the states for loss of revenue
arising on account of introduction of
GST for a period of five years.
6. Substituted and ommitted certain
Amendment Amended Provisions of the
Number and Constitution
Year
One Hundred and 1. Conferred a constitutional status on
Second the National Commission for
Amendment Act, Backward Classes which was set-up
2018 in 1993 by an Act of the Parliament.
2. Relieved the National Commission
for Scheduled Castes from its
functions with regard to the backward
classes.
3. Empowered the President to specify
the socially and educationally
backward classes in relation to a
state or union territory.
One Hundred and 1. Empowered the state to make any
Third special provision for the
Amendment Act, advancement of any economically
2019 weaker sections of citizens.
2. Allowed the state to make a provision
for the reservation of upto 10% of
seats for such sections in admission
to educational institutions including
private educational institutions,
whether aided or unaided by the
state, expect the minority educational
institutions. This reservation of upto
10% would be in addition to the
existing reservations.
3. Permitted the state to make a
provision for the reservation of upto
10% of appointments or posts in
favour of such sections. This
Appendix V Presidents, Vice-
Presidents, Prime Ministers, etc.
A. PRESIDENTS OF INDIA
Name Tenure
1. Dr. Rajendra Prasad 1950 - 1962
2. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1962 - 1967
3. Dr. Zakir Husain 1967 - 1969
(Died)
4. Varahagiri Venkatagiri 1969 - 1969
(Acting)
5. Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah 1969 - 1969
(Acting)
6. Varahagiri Venkatagiri 1969 - 1974
7. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 1974 - 1977
(Died)
8. B.D. Jatti 1977 - 1977
(Acting)
9. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 1977 - 1982
10. Giani Zail Singh 1982 - 1987
11. R. Venkataraman 1987 - 1992
12. Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma 1992 - 1997
13. K.R. Narayanan 1997 - 2002
14. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 2002 - 2007
15. Smt. Pratibha Patil 2007 - 2012
B. VICE-PRESIDENTS OF INDIA
Name Tenure
1. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1952 - 1962
2. Dr. Zakir Husain 1962 - 1967
3. Varahagiri Venkatagiri 1967 - 1969
4. Gopal Swarup Pathak 1969 - 1974
5. B.D. Jatti 1974 - 1979
6. Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah 1979 - 1984
7. R. Venkataraman 1984 - 1987
8. Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma 1987 - 1992
9. K.R. Narayanan 1992 - 1997
10. Krishan Kant 1997 - 2002
(Died)
11. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat 2002 - 2007
12. Mohammed Hamid Ansari 2007 - 2012
13. Mohammed Hamid Ansari 2012 - 2017
14. Venkaiah Naidu 2017 - till date
C. PRIME MINISTERS OF INDIA
Name Tenure
1. Jawaharlal Nehru 1947 - 1964 (Died)
2. Gulzari Lal Nanda 1964 - 1964 (Acting)
3. Lal Bahadur Shastri 1964 - 1966 (Died)
4. Gulzari Lal Nanda 1966 - 1966 (Acting)
5. Indira Gandhi 1966 - 1977
Name Tenure
8. Indira Gandhi 1980 - 1984 (Died)
9. Rajiv Gandhi 1984 - 1989
10. Vishwanath Pratap Singh 1989 - 1990
11. Chandra Shekhar 1990 - 1991
12. P.V. Narasimha Rao 1991 - 1996
13. Atal Bihari Vajpayee 1996 - 1996
(For 16 Days)
14. H.D. Deve Gowda 1996 - 1997
15. I.K. Gujral 1997 - 1998
16. Atal Bihari Vajpayee 1998 - 1999
17. Atal Bihari Vajpayee 1999 - 2004
18. Dr. Manmohan Singh 2004 - 2009
19. Dr. Manmohan Singh 2009 - 2014
20. Narendra Modi 2014 - 2019