Question

Q. The term ‘13th Amendment’ sometimes appearing in news, is used in relation to

• A. China
• B. Myanmar
• C. Sri Lanka
• D. The Maldives

Answer 1

The correct option is C Sri Lanka

Explanation:

The 13th amendment:

• The 13th amendment of the Sri Lankan constitution is an outcome of the Indo-Lanka Accord of 1987, which was signed by the then Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J.R. Jayawardene.
• The 13th amendment of the Sri Lankan constitution was part of an attempt to resolve Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict between the majority Sinhalese and the minority Tamilians. It had resulted in a civil war between the armed forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The LTTE was seeking the right to self-determination and a separate state.
• The 13th Amendment mandates a measure of power devolution to the provincial councils established to govern the island’s nine provinces. This entailed providing a form of self-government. Subjects such as education, health, agriculture, housing, land and police were to be devolved to the provincial administrations to provide them with more autonomy.