{"license":"Free to use with attribution to Vaada Meter (license terms to be finalised)","methodVersion":"1.0","generatedAt":"2026-10-06T07:29:06.636Z","data":{"id":"nda-ls-1999-032","text":"Extend SC/ST reservation in legislatures for another 10 years","quote":"We are committed to extending the SC/ST reservations for another 10 years.","quoteIsExact":true,"quoteLanguage":"en","quoteEnglish":null,"page":null,"sector":"social-justice","measurability":"measurable","importance":"major","deadline":"2004-05-22","deadlineType":"implied","status":"kept","rating":10,"ratingRule":"kept","provisional":false,"confidence":"high","reason":"The Constitution (79th Amendment) Act, passed in October 1999, took effect on 25 January 2000. It extended SC/ST seat reservation in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies to 26 January 2010.","evidence":[{"date":"2000-01-21","sourceType":"other","publisher":"Wikipedia","title":"Seventy-ninth Amendment of the Constitution of India","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventy-ninth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_India","quote":"Passed by Lok Sabha 27 October 1999... Rajya Sabha 28 October 1999 Assented to 21 January 2000... Extended the period of reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes... till 2010.","stance":"supports"}],"tags":["reservation","sc-st"],"sensitive":true,"review":{"state":"ai_draft","draftedBy":"research-agent","draftedAt":"2026-10-05","reviewedBy":null,"approvedBy":null},"manifestoId":"nda-ls-1999","partyId":"nda","electionId":"ls-1999"}}