What is Article 371(J)
This article grants special status to the six backward districts of Hyderabad-Karnataka region for establishing a separate development board.
This board will undertake the responsibility to see that adequate funds are allocated for the development of the region.
The article also calls for local reservation in education and government jobs (domicile requirement). One must be a resident of the given area for getting admission in colleges, getting jobs, making land purchases, and contesting elections.
The 118th Constitutional Amendment Bill 2012 was introduced in the Lok Sabha in September by Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde to insert Article 371(J).
A resolution to make special provisions for the Hyderabad-Karnataka region was passed by the Legislative Assembly and Council of Karnataka in March 2012.
Hyderabad-Karanataka is a region located in the north-east Karnataka. It is a Kannada-speaking region of erstwhile Hyderabad State ruled by the Nizams of Hyderabad until 1948. After merging with the Indian Union, the region was the part of Hyderabad State until 1956.
Razak Ustaad
vice-president, Hyderabad-Karnataka Horata Samiti, Raichur
This article grants special status to the six backward districts of Hyderabad-Karnataka region for establishing a separate development board.
This board will undertake the responsibility to see that adequate funds are allocated for the development of the region.
The article also calls for local reservation in education and government jobs (domicile requirement). One must be a resident of the given area for getting admission in colleges, getting jobs, making land purchases, and contesting elections.
The 118th Constitutional Amendment Bill 2012 was introduced in the Lok Sabha in September by Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde to insert Article 371(J).
A resolution to make special provisions for the Hyderabad-Karnataka region was passed by the Legislative Assembly and Council of Karnataka in March 2012.
Hyderabad-Karanataka is a region located in the north-east Karnataka. It is a Kannada-speaking region of erstwhile Hyderabad State ruled by the Nizams of Hyderabad until 1948. After merging with the Indian Union, the region was the part of Hyderabad State until 1956.
Razak Ustaad
vice-president, Hyderabad-Karnataka Horata Samiti, Raichur
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