the erstwhile combined National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes into two separate bodies, namely, National Commission for Scheduled Castes (Article ) and National Commission for Schedules Tribes (Article -A). Both the Commission consist of a Chairperson, a Vice- Chairperson and three other members. The President appoints them. 90th Amendment Act Provided for maintaining the representation of the Scheduled Tribes and non Scheduled Tribes in the Assam legislative assembly from the Bodoland Territorial Areas District (Article ( ) 91st Amendment Act The total number of ministers, including the Prime Minister, in the Central Council of Minister, shall not exceed % of the total strength of the Lok Sabha (Article (1A)).
The total number of ministers, including the Chief Minister, in the Council of Ministers in a state shall not exceed % of the total strength of the Legislative Assembly of the state. However, the number of ministers, including the Chief Minister, in a state shall not be less than (Article (1A)). 92nd Amendment Act Included four more languages in the Eighth Schedule. They are Bodo, Dogri (Dongri), Maithili (Maithili) and Santhali.
With this, the total number of constitutionally recognised languages increased to . 93rd Amendment Act Empowered the state to make special provisions for the socially and educationally backward classes or the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes in educational institutions including private educational institutions. This Amendment was enacted to nullify the Supreme Court judgment in the Inamdar case ( ) where the apex court ruled that the state cannot impose its reservation policy on minority and non-minority unaided private colleges, including professional colleges. 94th Amendment Act Freed Bihar from the obligation of having a tribal welfare minister and extended the same provision to Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh.
This provision will now apply to the two newly formed states and Madhya Pradesh and Orissa. ( 95th Amendment Act Extended the reservation of seats for the SCs and STs and exclusive representation for the Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha and the state legislative assemblies for a