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9. On 14 January 2019, the 103rd Amendment to the Constitution of India was brought into effect by the 103rd Amendment Act of 2019. The Parliament amended Articles 15 and 16 of the Constitution of India by adding two new clauses, clause (6) to Article 15 with explanation and clause (6) to Article 16. The Parliament provided a maximum of 10% reservation for the skn 32 --WP-2722.2023---.docx economically weaker section (EWS) of citizens specified therein. 103rd constitutional amendment enabled the State to provide for reservation for EWS prescribing the 10% ceiling limit. The relevant portion of Article 16 of the Constitution as amended, reads thus: