New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Local Bodies Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, was passed in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
The bill seeks to amend certain provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989; the Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Act, 2000; and the Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Corporation Act, 2000.
The legislation is also intended to provide reservations to the other backward classes in the panchayats and municipalities in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and to bring consistency in the laws of the Union Territory's local bodies with the provisions of the Constitution.
Earlier, moving the bill, Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the OBCs had been ignored so far in J&K.
Describing the bill as progr...