Facts Box: Delimitation Commission set up for Arunachal, Manipur, Assam, J&K, Manipur
A Delimitation Commission was formed under former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai.
Highlights
The Delimitation for the state of Jammu and Kashmir is to be carried out according to Jammu and Kashmir reorganization act. The previous delimitation for the state of Jammu and Kashmir was done in 1995. The state was under President’s rule when the last delimitation was done.
For other parts of the country, delimitation is to be done based on the census 2031. The previous delimitation for rest of India was done based on 2001.
Legislation
The delimitation commission was formed under Section 3 of Delimitation Act, 2002. So far, 4 such delimitation commissions have been constituted under the act. They were in 1952, 1963, 1973 and 2002.
What is Delimitation?
Delimitation is the process of fixing boundaries of constituency. The Delimitation had been suspended between 1976 and 2001. This was because GoI was implementing the policy of family planning in a full-fledged way during this period.
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