 bill no 262 of  2016 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2016 by shri shrirang appa barne, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2016short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint5amendment of article 162 in article 16 of the constitution, for clause (4), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—"(4) nothing in this article shall prevent the state from making any provision for the reservation of appointments or posts in favour of any backward class or economically backward class of citizens which, in the opinion of the state, is not adequately represented in the services under the stateexplanation— for the purpose of this clause, the expression 'economically backward class' means economically backward class as parliament may, by law, determine"5 statement of objects and reasonsthe reservation system, which came into force soon after coming into force of the constitution, has paid rich dividends the standard of life of the least privileged class of the society has been improved in the recent years, there has been a great demand to protect the economically weaker section of the society as they do not get any sort of assistance or protection from the government this vulnerable chunk of society, which is in huge majority, is not enjoying fruits of the democracy or any scheme of the government they live in utter poverty and are in need of help from the governmenttherefore, in order to bring a large chunk of the society in the national mainstream, it is proposed to reserve some posts or appointments in government service in favour of persons belonging to the economically weaker sectionhence this bill annexure extract from the constitution of india    16(1)     (2)    (3)    equality of opportunity matters of public employment(4) nothing in this article shall prevent the state from making any provision for the reservation of appointments or posts in favour of any backward class of citizens which, in the opinion of the state, is not adequately represented in the services under the state    ————abillfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri shrirang appa barne, mp)gmgipmrnd—2923ls(s3)—17112016