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The day after it cleared the legislative hurdle in the Lok Sabha by a brute majority, the draft legislation, which provides 33 per cent reservation for women in the Parliament as well as other law-making bodies, was passed unanimously in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, with 214 members voting in support and none against.
The historic women's reservation Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha with near unanimity and in the Rajya Sabha unanimously.
The Women's Reservation Bill, which provides 33% reservation for women in elections, has been passed by Parliament. However, it may not come into effect before the 2029 Lok Sabha election due to the need for a delimitation exercise and the Census. Here's why
Heaping praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the historic passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament on September 21, Union Minister
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