2211. What does the word ‘delimitation’ literally mean?

2212. What body is assigned the job of delimitation?

2213. What are the two pillars of Indian parliamentary democracy?

2214. What is the importance of delimitation for free and fair elections?

2215. What is the ideal principle of one man, one vote in a representative democracy?

2216. Is the Delimitation Commission of India a statutory or constitutional body?

2217. How is the Delimitation Commission of India established?

2218. What is the function of the Delimitation Commission of India?

2219. What is the legal force of the Delimitation Commission’s orders?

2220. When do the Delimitation Commission’s orders come into force?

2221. What happens after the Delimitation Commission’s orders come into force regarding Parliament and State Legislative Assembly?

2222. How many Delimitation Commissions have been constituted so far?

2223. When was the First Delimitation Commission established, and under which Act?

2224. When was the Second Delimitation Commission established, and under which Act?

2225. When was the Third Delimitation Commission established, and under which Act?

2226. When was the Fourth Delimitation Commission established, and under which Act?

2227. Which Articles of the Constitution deal with the delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies?

2228. Which Constitutional Amendment Acts amended these Articles, and when?

2229. What is the cumulative effect of these two amendments regarding the total number of existing seats in the Lok Sabha?

2230. What is the cumulative effect of these two amendments regarding the total number of existing seats in the Legislative Assemblies of all states?

2231. What is the cumulative effect of these two amendments regarding the number of seats to be reserved for SCs and STs?

2232. What is the cumulative effect of these two amendments regarding the redelimitation of each state?

2233. What is the cumulative effect of these two amendments regarding the population of constituencies?

2234. What Act did Parliament enact in pursuance of the constitutional provisions for delimitation?

2235. What was the task of the Delimitation Commission of 2002?

2236. What was the composition of the Fourth Delimitation Commission of 2002?

2237. How many associate members did the Commission have in respect of each state?

2238. What was the composition of these associate members?

2239. What was the rule for associate members if the number of Lok Sabha members in a state was less than five?

2240. Who nominated these associated members?

2241. Did these associated members have the right to vote or to sign any order of the Commission?

2242. Who was appointed as the Chairperson of the Commission?

2243. When did the Commission submit its recommendations to the Government?

2244. When did the President of India sign the notification for implementing the recommendations of the Commission?

2245. Which states are the recommendations of the Commission not applicable to?

2246. What did the Government of India do regarding the delimitation exercise in the four north-eastern states and Jharkhand?

2247. On what basis were the 2009 General Elections to the Lok Sabha held for most parliamentary constituencies?

2248. When did the Government of India set up a Delimitation Commission (2020) for certain states and UTs?

2249. What was the composition of the Delimitation Commission (2020)?

2250. What was the term of appointment for Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai as Chairperson?

2251. What was the assigned task of the Commission?

2252. When did the Government of India remove the four north-eastern states from the Commission’s purview?

2253. What happened to the term of the Commission regarding its delimitation work in the UT of J&K?

2254. How many members of Lok Sabha were associated with the Commission’s work from the UT of J&K?

2255. Did these associated members have voting rights?

2256. When did the Commission complete its task and submit its report?

2257. How has the delimitation exercise in J&K been different from other parts of the country in the past?

2258. How was the delimitation of Lok Sabha seats in J&K governed until the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019?

2259. How was the delimitation of State Legislative Assembly seats in J&K governed until the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019?

2260. When were the Assembly seats in J&K last delimited, and on what census basis?

2261. Why was there no delimitation commission set up by the State Government after 2001 in J&K?

2262. How many seats did the J&K Assembly have at that time, and how many were reserved for Pakistan occupied J&K?

2263. What did the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019, provide for regarding the Legislative Assembly of the UT of J&K?

2264. What is the provision for nomination of women members to the Assembly of UT of J&K?

2265. What is the provision for seats in the Assembly of UT of J&K under occupation of Pakistan?

2266. What was the increase in seats in the Legislative Assembly of the UT of J&K?

2267. On what basis did the present Delimitation Commission delimit the Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies in the UT of J&K?

2268. Why had the nature of constituencies become malapportioned in J&K before the present delimitation?

2269. On what basis were the seats reserved for SCs and STs in the Legislative Assembly of the UT of J&K worked out?

2270. Did the Constitution of the erstwhile State of J&K provide for reservation of seats for STs in the Legislative Assembly?

2271. When did the Commission make the final order in respect of the delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies in the UT of J&K?

2272. How did the Commission treat J&K for the purpose of delimitation?

2273. What is the outcome regarding the number of Assembly Constituencies per Parliamentary constituency in J&K?

2274. What new Parliamentary Constituency was carved out by combining areas from Kashmir and Jammu regions?

2275. Out of the total 90 Assembly constituencies in J&K, how many are for the Jammu region and Kashmir region respectively?

2276. How many new Assembly constituencies were created for the Jammu region and Kashmir region respectively?

2277. How many Assembly constituencies were reserved for STs in J&K, and how many in each region?

2278. How many Assembly constituencies were reserved for SCs in J&K?

2279. What is an example of a changed name for an Assembly constituency?

2280. What was one of the recommendations of the Commission regarding Kashmiri Migrants?

2281. What was one of the recommendations of the Commission regarding Displaced Persons from PoJ&K?

2282. Which Ministry does the Central Information Commission fall under?

2283. Which Ministry does the Finance Commission fall under?

2284. Which Ministry does the Union Public Service Commission fall under?

2285. Which Ministry does the Inter-State Council fall under?

2286. Which Ministry does the Staff Selection Commission fall under?

2287. Which Ministry does the National Commission for SCs fall under?

2288. Which Ministry does the National Commission for STs fall under?

2289. Which Ministry does the Central Vigilance Commission fall under?

2290. Which Ministry do Zonal Councils fall under?

2291. Which Ministry does the Central Bureau of Investigation fall under?

2292. Which Ministry does the National Investigation Agency fall under?

2293. Which Ministry does the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities fall under?

2294. Which Ministry does the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights fall under?

2295. Which Ministry does the National Commission for Backward Classes fall under?

2296. Which Ministry does the Chief Commissioner for Disabled Persons fall under?

2297. Which Ministry does the Central Social Welfare Board fall under?

2298. Which Ministry does the North Eastern Council fall under?

2299. Which Ministry does the Central Administrative Tribunal fall under?

2300. Which Ministry does the National Commission for Minorities fall under?

2301. Which Ministry does the National Human Rights Commission fall under?

2302. Which Ministry does the National Commission for Women fall under?

2303. Which Ministry does the Good and Services Tax Council fall under?

2304. Which Ministry does the Lokpal fall under?

2305. Which Ministry does the National Disaster Management Authority fall under?

2306. Which Ministry does the Attorney General of India fall under?

2307. Which Ministry does the Solicitor General of India fall under?

2308. Which Ministry does the Law Commission of India fall under?

2309. Which Ministry does the Election Commission of India fall under?

2310. Which Ministry does the Delimitation Commission of India fall under?

2311. Which Ministry does the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission fall under?

2312. Which Ministry does the Bar Council of India fall under?

2313. Which Ministry does the NITI Aayog fall under?

2314. Which Ministry does the Comptroller and Auditor General of India fall under?