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79. The Constitution (Seventy-ninth Amendment) Act, 1999—By this Act the Government has
extended the reservations of seats for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes as well as for
the Anglo-Indians in the House of the People and in the Legislative Assemblies of the States for
another ten years.
80. The Constitution (Eightieth Amendment) Act, 2000—Based on the recommendations of the
Tenth Finance Commission, an alternative scheme for sharing taxes between the Union and the States
has been enacted by the Constitution (Eightieth Amendment) Act, 2000. Under the new scheme of
devolution of revenue between Union and the States, 26 per cent out of gross proceeds of Union taxes
and duties is to be assigned to the States in lieu of their existing share in the income-tax, excise duties,
special excise duties and grants in lieu of tax on railway passenger fares.
81. The Constitution (Eighty-first Amendment) Act, 2000—By this amendment the unfilled
vacancies of a year which were reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes for
being filled up in that year in accordance with any provision for reservations made under Article 16
of the Constitution, shall be considered as a separate class of vacancies to be filled up in any
succeeding year or years, and such class of vacancies shall not be considered together with the
vacancies of the year in which they were filled up for determining the ceiling of fifty per cent
reservation against total number of vacancies of that year.
82. The Constitution (Eighty-second Amendment) Act, 2000—The amendment provides that nothing
in Article 335 shall prevent the State from making any provision in favour of the members of the
Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes for relaxation in qualifying marks in any examination or
lowering the standards of evaluation for reservation in matters of promotion to any class or classes of
services or posts in connection with affairs of the Union or of a State.
