Question 4351

The provisions of the Delimitation Act 2002 were delimit ____________________________________________________ states.

Answer

Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland

Why?

The correct answer is Option(2).i.e. Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, and Nagaland. The provisions of the Delimitation Act 2002 were delimited four states which are Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, and Nagaland. The Delimit Commission is also mandated to delimit the Assembly Constituencies in J&K under the provisions of the J & K reorganization Act ,2019. Delimitation commission: Under the provisions of the Delimitation Commission Act , The Delimitation commission or Boundary commission of India is established by the Government of India. It was founded in 1952 by Govt. of India and the Headquarter of this commission in - New Delhi. Major Keypoints: The main function of the commission has reframed the boundaries of the various assembly and also reframe constituencies of on a recent census. The representation from each State is unchanged during the implementation. Although the number of ST and SC seats in a state is variable in accordance with the census. The Commission is an independent body & powerful and whose orders cannot be challenged in any court of law. Delimitation Act set up: In India, Delimitation commissions have been set up four times in the past. These are 1952, 1963, 1973, and 2002 under Delimitation Commission Acts of 1952, 1962, 1972, and 2002 respectively. The latest delimitation commission was set up on 12 July 2002 after the census of 2001 . Justice Kuldip Singh who was a retired Judge of the Supreme Court was the Chairperson.