What Are The Key Highlights Of Women’s Reservation Bill Tabled In Parliament Today?
Mumbai: The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth) Amendment Bill, 2023 tabled in the Parliament on Tuesday reserves 33% of seats for women in Lok Sabha, Delhi, and state Assemblies.
According to the document posted on the Sansad website, the law aims to reserve one-third of the seats in the Lok Sabha, Delhi, and other state legislatures around the nation for female candidates.
The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-eighth) Amendment Bill, 2023, also known by that name, is the result of 27 years of work to increase the representation of women at the state and federal levels. The most recent attempt was undertaken in 2010, when a bill’s earlier version was approved by the Rajya Sabha but was rejected by the Lok Sabha.
India already allocates one-third of the Panchayati Raj seats for female candidates. Undoubtedly, the reservations won’t be put into force anytime soon because, if approved by parliament, the quota won’t take effect until after the subsequent delimitation exercise, which is scheduled to take place after 2026. Additionally, they call for the most recent census data, which has been postponed.
Women’s Reservation Bill: Key Highlights
- Reserve one-third of all seats for women in the Lok Sabha, state legislative assemblies, and the legislature of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
- Of these, one-third of the seats will be reserved for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.
- Reservations shall cease to exist 15 years after the commencement of the law. Reserved seats may be rotated. The
Reserved seats may be rotated. - The provisions, once passed, shall take effect only after an exercise of delimitation is done for the purpose.
- Delimitation will be based on the figures collated after the first census subsequent to the bill’s passage.
- The amendment shall take effect only after the dissolution of the respective house or legislative assembly, and shall not affect any existing representation
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