{"id":347654,"date":"2024-02-07T03:40:23","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T09:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=347654"},"modified":"2024-02-07T04:36:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T10:06:38","slug":"centre-moves-bill-for-obc-reservation-in-local-governance-in-jammu-and-kashmir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/centre-moves-bill-for-obc-reservation-in-local-governance-in-jammu-and-kashmir\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre moves bill for OBC reservation in local governance in Jammu and Kashmir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"549\" height=\"405\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Centre-moves-bill-for-OBC-reservation-in-local-governance-in-Jammu-and-Kashmir-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-347655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/02\/Centre-moves-bill-for-OBC-reservation-in-local-governance-in-Jammu-and-Kashmir-1.jpg 549w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/02\/Centre-moves-bill-for-OBC-reservation-in-local-governance-in-Jammu-and-Kashmir-1-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/02\/Centre-moves-bill-for-OBC-reservation-in-local-governance-in-Jammu-and-Kashmir-1-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Union government has introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to provide reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in panchayats and municipal bodies in Jammu and Kashmir.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The legislation aims to establish consistency in laws with constitutional provisions and ensure justice for OBC citizens in the region.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, there is no OBC reservation in panchayats and municipalities in the Union Territory.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bill proposes the formation of a commission to determine the number of reserved seats after parliamentary approval.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The amendment seeks to align the J&amp;K Panchayati Raj Act, 1989, J&amp;K Municipal Act, 2000, and J&amp;K Municipal Corporation Act, 2000 with constitutional provisions related to Panchayats and Municipalities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Union government has introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to provide reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in panchayats and municipal bodies in Jammu and Kashmir.&nbsp; The legislation aims to establish consistency in laws with constitutional provisions and ensure justice for OBC citizens in the region.&nbsp; Currently, there is no OBC reservation in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":347655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[15686,17920,16379],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347654"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347657,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347654\/revisions\/347657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/347655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}