 bill no 108 of  2018 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2018 byshri vinod kumar boianapalli, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2018amendment of article 162 in article 16 of the constitution, in clause (4), for the words "adequately representated", the words "represented in proportionate to its population" shall be substitutedthe schedule statement of objects and reasonsindia is a country of diverse people and religions while some have fared better than the others, concept of reservations was introduced in the system to bring at par the marginalised and backward classes of people the hon'ble supreme court of india, in indra sawhney v union of india had held that such reservations should not cross the bar of fifty per cent in total this bar has not been prescribed by a law in parliament nor it is based on any research or reasoning these marginalised and backward people cannot be held back based on a decision which does not correctly account for the number of such persons in the country it is a well-established fact that the backward classes account for much more than fifty per cent of the country's population and hence must be given opportunities based on their proportion to the country's populationthe bill, therefore, seeks to amend article 16 of the constitution to allow reservation in education and employment opportunities on a proportionate manner, in contrast the current situation which provides for adequate reservationto this effect, the state government of telangana, after careful consideration and study of the backward population in the state, has enacted ''the telangana backward classes, scheduled castes, and scheduled tribes (reservation of seats in educational institutions and of appointments or posts in the services under the state) act, 2017, which seeks to increase reservation in the state to sixty-two per cent from the existing fifty per cent the extension beyond the prescribed limit of fifty per cent is in line with what was held by the supreme court in the judgement, which allows for crossing the fifty per cent threshold if it is necessary and the decision is based on quantifiable data for this purpose, the proposed bill seeks to amend the ninth schedule to the constitution in order to place the state act in this schedule and to protect the interests of the persons belonging to the backward classes in the newly formed state of telanganahence this billnew delhi;vinod kumar boianapallimarch 23, 2018 annexureextract from the constitution of india    16(1)    (2)    (3)    equality of opportunity in 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     ninth schedule [article 31b]284 the west bengal and land reforms tribunal act, 1991 (west bengal act 12 of1991)     lok sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri vinod kumar boianapalli, mp)mgipmrnd—309ls(s3)—08-06-2018