JK Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, JK Reservation (Amendment) Bill passed by Lok Sabha | Explained

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'PoK would be part of India if Jawaharlal Nehru...': Amit Shah asserts 'PoK is ours' in Lok Sabha | Watch video -The Jammu & Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 is aimed at amending the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004. -The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004 provided reservation in jobs and admission in professional institutions to Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), and other socially and educationally backward classes.

-The Jammu & Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill seeks to amend the Section 2 of the 2004 Act. -The amendment Bill suggests a change in the nomenclature of a section of people who were earlier described as “weak and under privileged classes (social castes)" to "other backward classes".

-The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 seeks to amend the 2019 Act and provide representation in the Legislative Assembly to the Kashmiri Migrants and displaced persons from the PoK. -It seeks to nominate two members from the Kashmiri migrant community and one person representing the displaced persons from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to the Legislative Assembly.

-The amendment Bill proposes to increase the number of seats in the Legislative Assembly to 90 from 83. -The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 seeks to reserve seats for the members of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.