As per the order issued by the Delimitation Commission in 2008, ______ seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes in the Lok Sabha.

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SSC Graduation Level Previous Paper (Held on: 14 Dec 2020 shift 3)

Answer 1

The correct answer is 84.

Key Points

Delimitation means the act or process of fixing limits or boundaries of territorial constituencies in a country to represent changes in population.
Delimitation Commission is also known by the name of boundary commission of India.
The boundary of the various assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies based on the recent consensus is redrawn by the commission.
Each state represents the same seats during this process.
The seats which are represented by SC and ST are changing as per the recommendations of the commission.
In any court of law, the orders of the commission cannot be challenged.
Modifications in the recommendations of the commission cannot be done.
- It is used to provide equal representation to equal segments of a population.
- It deals with fact that one political party doesn’t have an advantage over others in an election to ensure fair division of geographical areas.
- “One Vote One Value” is followed by it.
As per the order issued by the delimitation commission in 2008, 84 seats are reserved for scheduled caste in Lok sabha.
Under the provisions of the delimitation commission act, the commission was established by the Government of India.

Additional Information

India, Delimitation Commission has been constituted four times:
- In 1952 under the Delimitation Commission Act, 1952.
- In 1963 under the Delimitation Commission Act 1962.
- In 1973 under the Delimitation Commission Act, 1972
- In 2002 under the Delimitation Commission Act,2002.