Women Reservation Bill Gets Parliament Nod

After the Women's Reservation Bill is passed by both the Houses of Parliament, it will now be sent to the President for signature. After getting the approval of President Draupadi Murmu, the Women's Reservation Bill (What is Women's Reservation Bill) will become law.

According to the Women's Reservation Bill , 33% reservation will be implemented for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies. Out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha, 181 will be reserved for women. This reservation will last for 15 years. After this, if the Parliament wishes, it can extend its period. This reservation will be applicable for directly elected public representatives. That means it will not apply to Rajya Sabha and Legislative Councils of states.

 There was a long discussion on the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. After this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi replied to the discussion on Women's Reservation Bill. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said- "We have had a meaningful discussion on the bill, every word of this discussion is going to be useful in the future. Every word has its own value and importance." The PM said that women power is not getting special respect only through the bill. Positive thinking of all political parties towards this bill will give new energy to the women power of our country. After PM's address

Just a day before, the Women's Reservation Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha with a two-thirds majority. 454 votes were cast in favor of the bill, while All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi and Aurangabad MP Imtiaz Jalil voted against it.

The proposal for women's reservation in Parliament was stuck for 3 decades. For the first time in 1974, the Committee to Assess the Status of Women raised this issue. After this, in 2010, the Manmohan government got the 33% reservation bill for women passed in the Rajya Sabha with majority. But then SP and RJD opposed the women's reservation bill. Both the parties had threatened to withdraw support from the then UPA government. After this the bill was not introduced in the Lok Sabha.

According to a top government source, women's reservation may be possible from the 2029 Lok Sabha elections. There is a long constitutional process to implement reservation. This bill does not require the approval of 50 percent of the state legislatures. That means it will become a law after it is passed by the Parliament and approved by the President. But the government will first notify the rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). After this the census work will start. After that the Delimitation Commission will complete the work of delimitation of Lok Sabha and Assembly. The Women's Reservation Act will come into force only after the census and delimitation process is completed.