UPSC Prelims 2019 · Question 87 of 99
UPSC Prelims 2019 question on Ninth Schedule Nehru Era
The Ninth Schedule was introduced in the Constitution of India during the prime ministership of
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Answer: A. Jawaharlal Nehru
Verdict
Correct answer: Jawaharlal Nehru → Option (a).
Analysis
To ensure that agrarian reform legislation did not run into heavy weather, the legislature amended the Constitution in the year 1951 which inserted Ninth Schedule during the tenure of Prime Minister Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru.
Article 31-B was inserted by the First Constitutional (Amendment) Act 1951 which states that without prejudiced to the generality of the provisions contained in Article 31-A, none of the Acts and Regulations specified in the Ninth Schedule nor any of the provisions thereof shall be deemed to be void, or ever to have become void, on the ground that such Act, Regulation or provisions is inconsistent with, or takes away or abridges any of the rights conferred by any provisions of this part.