Constitution Amendment (Part-II)

The 97th Amendment of the Constitution was notified on January 12, 2012 to provide Constitutional status to Cooperative organizations. The word 'Cooperative Societies' in Article 19(1)(C) of Part-III, Article 43(B) in Part-IV and Part IX-B (Article 243ZH to 243ZT) was added by this amendment of the Constitution which involves encouraging voluntary organizations and professional management, function and formation and operation of cooperative organizations.

The 97th Amendment of the Constitution was notified on January 12, 2012 to provide Constitutional status to Cooperative organizations. The word 'Cooperative Societies' in Article 19(1)(C) of Part-III, Article 43(B) in Part-IV and Part IX-B (Article 243ZH to 243ZT) was added by this amendment of the Constitution which involves encouraging voluntary organizations and professional management, function and formation and operation of cooperative organizations.

According to Article 243 (ZJ) of the Indian Constitution, the Board of co-operative society consists of such numbers of Directors as provided by the Legislature of State, but the maximum number of Directors shall not exceed twenty-one.

According to Article 243 (ZJ) of the Indian Constitution, the Board of co-operative society consists of such numbers of Directors as provided by the Legislature of State, but the maximum number of Directors shall not exceed twenty-one.

The Constitution Amendment (101st) Act, 2016 introduced a national GST in India on 1st July 2017.

The correct matched order is as follows:

President Ram Nath Kovind granted assent to 105th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2021 on 18th August, 2021. It empowers states to identify and specify the Socially and Educationally Backward Class (SEBC). As per the Act, every State or Union territory may, by law, prepare and maintain, for its own purposes, a list of socially and educationally backward classes, entries in which may be different from the Central List.

Golak Nath case was decided on 27 February 1967. Keshavanand Bharti Case was decided in 1973. The Constitution (Twenty-Fourth Amendment) Act, 1971 was passed on 5 November 1971. The Constitution (Forty second Amendment) Act, 1976 was passed in 1976. Hence, correct answer is option (a).

The Supreme Court limited the power of Parliament to amend the Constitution for the first time in the case of Golaknath Vs. the State of Punjab, 1967.

The Supreme Court laid down the 'Basic Structure Doctrine' in the case of Keshavananda Bharati Vs State of Kerala, 1973. According to this doctrine, Parliament can amend the Constitution including the fundamental rights but some of the provisions of the Constitution of India which form the basic structure of the Constitution are not amendable by the Parliament by exercising its amending power under Article 368.