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92. The Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act, 2003—In the Eighth Schedule to the
Constitution,—(a) existing entry 3 shall be re-numbered as entry 5, and before entry 5 as so
renumbered, the following entries shall be inserted, namely:
“3. Bodo;
4. Dogri”.
(b) existing 4 to 7 shall respectively be re-numbered as entries 6 to 9; (c) existing entry 8 shall be
re-numbered as entry 11 and before entry 11 as so renumbered, the following entry shall be inserted,
namely:
“10. Maithili”.
(d) existing entries 9 to 14 shall respectively be re-numbered as entries 12 to 17;
(e) existing entry 15 shall be re-numbered as entry 19 and before entry 19 as so re-numbered, the
following entry shall be inserted, namely :
“18. Santhali”.
(f) existing entries 16 to 18 shall respectively be re-numbered as entries 20 to 22.
93. The Constitution (Ninety-third amendment) Act, 2006—Greater access to higher education
including professional education, is of great importance to a large number of students belonging to the
Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and other socially and educationally backward classes of
citizens. The reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the Other
Backward Classes of citizens in admission to educational institution is derived from the provisions of
clause (4) of articles 15 of the constitution. At present, the number of seats available in aided or State
maintained institutions, particularly in respect of professional education, is limited, in comparison to
those in private unaided institutions.
Clause (i) of article 30 of the Constitution provides the right to all minorities to establish and
administer educational institutions of their choice. It is essential that the rights available to minorities
are protected in regard to institutions established and administered by them. Accordingly, institutions
declared by the State to be minority institutions under clause (1) of article 30 are excluded from the
operation of this enactment.
To promote the educational advancement of the socially and educationally backward classes of
citizens, i.e., the Other Backward Classes or of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in
matters of admission of students belonging to these categories in unaided educational institutions,
other than the minority educational institutions referred to in clause (1) of article 30, the provisions of
article 15 were amplified. The new clause (5) of said article 15 shall enable the Parliament as well
as the State Legislatures to make appropriate laws for the above mentioned purpose.
94. The Constitution (Ninety-fourth amendment) Act, 2006—In Article 164 of the Constitution, in
Clause (I), in the proviso, for the word “Bihar”, the words “Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand” shall be
substituted.
