RAS question
The 100th Amendment Act, 2015 was related to:
Correct answer: (B) Land Boundary Agreement between India and Bangladesh.
The Constitution (One Hundredth Amendment) Act, 2015 gave effect to the Land Boundary Agreement between India and Bangladesh.
Explanation
The 100th Amendment was about the India-Bangladesh land boundary, not a reservation, court-appointments or tax reform measure. The Act itself says it was enacted to give effect to India acquiring territories and transferring certain territories to Bangladesh under the India-Bangladesh agreement and its protocol. It also defines that agreement as the one concerning demarcation of the land boundary between India and Bangladesh and related matters. The constitutional work was done through changes to the First Schedule for Assam, West Bengal, Meghalaya and Tripura. The cited material also records the enclave exchange: 111 Indian enclaves in Bangladesh and 51 Bangladesh enclaves in India, matching the explanation's total of 162 enclaves.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) EWS reservation is not the subject here because the cited Act deals with acquisition and transfer of territories under the India-Bangladesh land-boundary arrangement.
- (C) The National Judicial Appointments Commission option is wrong because the 100th Amendment Act cited here concerns territorial demarcation and First Schedule changes, not judicial appointments.
- (D) GST implementation is wrong because the cited Act gives effect to the India-Bangladesh land boundary agreement and protocol, not a tax-system change.
Concept
This tests constitutional amendment themes, especially how territorial changes can require amendments to the First Schedule. It recurs in RAS because border agreements connect polity, federal territory and India’s neighbourhood relations in one fact pattern.