Facts for Prelims (FFP)
Source: TH
Context: The Lok Sabha has passed two bills, the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023.
Background:
- The legislative assembly in Jammu and Kashmir initially had 100 members, including 24 for Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), until 1988 when the seats were increased to 111.
- The 24 PoK seats were not considered in quorum calculation, making the total contestable seats 87, including four for Ladakh.
- After delimitation in 2020, the total seats rose to 114, including those for PoK.
New Provisions added:
- The former seeks to reserve seats in the upcoming 114-seat Jammu and Kashmir Assembly for “Kashmiri migrants, people displaced from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), and Scheduled Tribes.”
- The latter replaces the term “weak and underprivileged classes” in the J&K Reservation Act, 2004, with “other backward classes.” Top of Form
