 bill no ii of 2018 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2018 a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-ninth year of the republic of  india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2018short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint52 after article 330 of the constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new article 330a''330a (1) seats shall be reserved in the house of the people for the other backward clases(2) the number of seats reserved in any state or union territory for the other backward classes under clause (1) shall bear, as nerly as may be, the same proportionreservation of seats for other backward classes in the house of the peopleto the total number of seats allotted to that state or union territory in the house of the people as the population of the other backward classes in the state or union territory or part of the state or union territory, as the case may be, in respect of which seats are so reserved, bears to the total population of the state or union territory5explanation— in this article, the expression ''population'' means the populationas ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published''3 after article 332 of  the constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new article 332a10''332a (1) seats shall be reserved for the other backward classes in thelegislative assembly of every statereservation of seats for otherbackwardclasses in the legislative assemblies of the state15(2) the number of seats reserved in any state for the other backward classesunder clause (1) shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of seats in the legislative assembly as the population of the other backward classes in the state in respect of which seats are so reserved, bears to the total population of the stateexplanation—  in this article, the expression ''population'' means the populationas ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published''20amendment of article 3344 in article 334 of the constitution, in clause (a), for the words ''the scheduled castesand the scheduled tribes'', the words ''the scheduled castes, the scheduled tribes and the other backward classes'' shall be substituted5 after article 342 of the constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new article 342a25other backward classes''342a (1) the president may with respect to any state or union territory, andwhere it is a state, after consultation with the governor therefor, by public notification, specify the soially and educationally backward classes which shall for the purposes of this constitution be deemed to be the other backward classes in relation to that state or union territory, as the case may be30(2) parliament may by law include in or exclude from the central list of other backward classes specified in a notification issued under clause (1) any socially and educationally backward class, but save as aforesaid a notification issued under the said clause shall not be varied by any subsequent notification''356 the amendments made to the constitution, by this act, shall not affect any representation in the house of the people or in the legislative assembly of a state until the dissolution of the house or assembly, as the case may be, in existence at the commencement of this actamendment not affect the representation in the house of the people or legislative assembly of a state until the dissolution of the house or assembly statement  of  objects  and  reasonsin terms of the principles of affirmative action enabled under the constitution  to ameliorate the conditions of other backward classes (obc), and scheduled castes (scs) and scheduled tribes (sts) periodic measures have been taken by the successive governments to improve their lot however, in the law-making bodies of the state, such obcs do not secure representation proportionate to their population2 the representation of the citizens from socially and educationally backward classes in the elected bodies at the centre and state remains significantly incongruent with the proportion of such individuals in the total population only 18 per cent and 20 per cent of the total members elected were from the other backward classes in the 2009 and 2014 lok sabha elections respectively, while the population of the other backward classes is estimated to be around 40-55 percent of the total population3 there has also been a lack of proportional measures to assess and improve the social, educational and financial conditions of the other backward classes in the country while the socio economic and caste census 2011 contained data regarding the development metrics of people belonging to the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, such data has not been published about the people belonging to the other backward classes despite their relatively large population, subsequently serious doubt is cast on the adequacy of the current measures taken by the government to improve the conditions of socially and educationally backward classes4 the first step in advancing the rights of the people belonging to the other backwards classes is ensuring a proportionate representation to the people in the representative bodies, ie the house of the people and the legislative assemblies of the statehence, this billv vijayasai  reddy annexure extract from the constitution of india    334  notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this part, the provisions of this constitution relating to—(a) the reservation of seats for the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes in the house of the people and in the legislative assemblies of the states; and reservation of seats and special representation to cease after seventy years(b) the representation of the anglo-indian community in the house of the people and in the legislative assemblies of the states by nomination, shall cease to have effect on the expiration of a period of seventy years from the commencement of this constitution:provided that nothing in this article shall affect any representation in the house of the people or in the legislative assembly of a state until the dissolution of the then existing house of assembly, as the case may be     rajya  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri  v vijayasai reddy, mp)mgipmrnd—3962rs(s3)—02-02-2018