Seventy-ninth Amendment of the Constitution of India

The Constitution (Seventy-ninth Amendment) Act, 1999
Parliament of India
Long title An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.
Citation	79th Amendment
Territorial extent	India
Passed by	Lok Sabha
Passed	27 October 1999
Passed by	Rajya Sabha
Passed	28 October 1999
Assented to	21 January 2000
Signed by	K. R. Narayanan
Commenced	25 January 2000
Date of expiry	26 January 2010
Legislative history
First chamber: Lok Sabha
Bill title	Constitution (Eighty-fourth Amendment) Bill, 1999
Introduced by	Ram Jethmalani
Introduced	26 October 1999
Related legislation
8th, 23rd, 45th, 62nd and 95th Amendments
Summary
Extended the period of reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies till 2010.
Status: Spent

The Seventy-ninth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Seventy-ninth Amendment) Act, 1999, extended the period of reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and representation of the Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies for another ten years, i.e. up to 26 January 2010.

Article 334 of the Constitution had originally required the reservation of seats to cease in 1960, but this was extended to 1970 by the 8th Amendment. The period of reservation was extended to 1980, 1990,^[1] and 2000 by the 23rd, 45th and 62nd Amendments respectively. The 79th Amendment extended this period to 2010. The period of reservation was further extended to 2020 and 2030 by the 95th and 104th Amendments.