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The bill has proposed that the reservation would continue for a period of 15 years and there will be quota for SC/STs within the reserved seats for women

The government on Tuesday introduced a constitutional amendment bill to reserve one-third of seats in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women, reviving a bill pending for 27 years for want of consensus among parties.

New Delhi, September 19 (IANS) The women's reservation bill has proposed that the reservation would continue for a period of 15 years and there will be quota for SC and STs within the reserved seats for women.

The womens reservation bill seeks to reserve 33 per cent of seats in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies for women. | Latest News India

The Women's Reservation Bill aims to ensure the reservation of 33 per cent of seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies

Issues relating to ensuring greater representation of women in politics had been discussed even prior to Independence, and in the Constituent Assembly. In independent India, the issue got momentum only in the 1970s.

Dimapur/New Delhi (MExN): A bill to ensure the reservation of 33% seats for women in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies has been cleared by the Union Cabinet, according the reports by several news outlets late Monday evening.

Amid the political debate over 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies, BJP’s ideological mentor discussing women’s role in society 48 hours before the special session of Parliament has given the bill a spot in the limelight

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