Here’s a table for the 80th to 100th Amendments of the Indian Constitution, with year, subject, and a brief explanation.

Here’s a table for the 80th to 100th Amendments of the Indian Constitution, with year, subject, and a brief explanation.

Amendment No. Year Key Subject / Provision Expanded Explanation
80th 2000 Alternative Scheme of Sharing Taxes Implemented recommendations of the 10th Finance Commission, replacing the system of sharing income tax with a system of sharing the net proceeds of all central taxes between the Union and States.
81st 2000 Reservation in Promotions Allowed unfilled reserved vacancies for SCs and STs to be carried forward without the 50% ceiling limit, specifically for promotions in government services.
82nd 2000 Relaxation of Qualifying Marks for SC/STs Permitted relaxation in qualifying marks and standards for promotion for SC/ST candidates in government jobs.
83rd 2000 Reservation in Panchayats (Arunachal Pradesh) Provided reservation for Scheduled Tribes in Panchayats in Arunachal Pradesh.
84th 2001 Delimitation of Constituencies Allowed readjustment of seats and constituencies based on the 1991 census without altering the total number of seats until 2026.
85th 2001 Consequential Seniority for SC/STs Granted consequential seniority in promotions to SC/ST candidates with retrospective effect from 1995.
86th 2002 Right to Education Made education a fundamental right for children aged 6–14 years (Article 21-A) and modified the Directive Principles (Article 45).
87th 2003 Delimitation Based on 2001 Census Updated readjustment of parliamentary and assembly constituencies using the 2001 census.
88th 2003 Service Tax in Constitution Introduced Article 268A to empower the Union to levy service tax and share it with states.
89th 2003 NCST and NCSC Separation Bifurcated the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes into two separate commissions—NCSC and NCST.
90th 2003 Representation in Assam Assembly Ensured representation for the Bodoland Territorial Areas District in the Assam Legislative Assembly.
91st 2003 Anti-Defection & Size of Council of Ministers Limited size of the Council of Ministers to 15% of the House strength and tightened anti-defection provisions.
92nd 2003 Bodo, Dogri, Maithili & Santhali Added Added four new languages to the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
93rd 2005 Reservation in Private Educational Institutions Allowed reservation for socially and educationally backward classes, SCs, and STs in private unaided educational institutions (except minority institutions).
94th 2006 Bihar Legislature Composition Removed the provision for a Legislative Council in Bihar (later re-established).
95th 2009 Reservation for SC/ST in Lok Sabha & Assemblies Extended reservation of seats for SC/ST in legislatures for another ten years (till 2020).
96th 2011 Odisha Language Name Change Changed the spelling of the Oriya language in the Eighth Schedule to “Odia.”
97th 2011 Co-operative Societies Gave constitutional status to co-operative societies and added Part IXB to regulate them.
98th 2012 Special Provisions for Karnataka Tribunals Empowered the state of Karnataka to set up separate judicial and administrative tribunals.
99th 2014 National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Replaced the collegium system for appointing judges with the NJAC (later struck down by Supreme Court in 2015).
100th 2015 India–Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement Enabled exchange of certain enclaves between India and Bangladesh to settle the boundary dispute.


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