Answer» Correct Answer - Option 4 : 2002
The correct answer is 2002. - The 86th amendment was made in the constitution in the year 2002.
- This added a new Article called 21A after article 21 that made education for all children of the age of 6 to 14 years a fundamental right.
- It states that “The state shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of 6 to 14 years in such manner as the state may, by law, determine. "
- This article is not in the 1949 constitution, it was added by the 86th Constitutional Amendment Act of 2002.
- The process of amendment is mentioned in Article 368 of the Constitution.
- Three methods of the amendment have been adopted in it -
- Amendment by ordinary law,
- An amendment by a special majority of Parliament, and
- Special majority of Parliament and approval of State Legislatures.
- The Ninth Schedule was included under the 'First Constitution Amendment (1951)'.
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