Women's Reservation Bill was on Tuesday introduced in the Lok Sabha by Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal. Discussion for passing of the Bill in Rajya Sabha will be taken up on September 21.
Women's Reservation Bill was on Tuesday introduced in the Lok Sabha by Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal. Discussion for passing of the Bill in Rajya Sabha will be taken up on September 21.
Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda said he never thought he would see the new Parliament building in his lifetime.
Women's Reservation Bill was on Tuesday introduced in the Lok Sabha by Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal. Discussion for passing of the Bill in Rajya Sabha will be taken up on September 21. The Bill will be taken up in Rajya Sabha on 21st September, sources said.
Today, on the first day of the new Parliament, the Women's Reservation Bill was introduced...After the implementation of this bill, 33 percent seats in the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Legislative Assemblies will be reserved for women.
BSP chief Mayawati said a separate quota for the women from OBC, SC and ST sections should be ensured in the bill.
On Monday, Parliament met for the last time in the old building with Prime Minister Narendra Modi bidding adieu to the old and ushering in the new.
According to Congress the Women's Reservation Bill was first introduced by them. It also alleged that if the PM had any real intention to prioritise women empowerment, the Women’s Reservation Bill would have been implemented immediately without the ifs and buts and all other conditions.
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Women's Reservation Bill: The bill was first introduced in 1996 and then passed in Rajya Sabha in 2010 but could not sail through the Lok Sabha over demand for quota within quota by some regional parties.
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After the bill is passed and becomes a law, the participation of women in the Parliament will increase by 33 per cent.
The party former president, who has always said that Women's Reservation Bill is very personal to her, asserted that it was Congress' brain child and was brought up many times earlier.
Congress and other regional parties raised demand for passage of Women's Reservation Bill in the parliament during all-party meeting held on September 17.
The Women's Reservation Bill was cleared in the Cabinet meeting chaired by PM Modi, said sources on Monday. According to sources, the bill is likely to be tabled in the new parliament tomorrow.
New Parliament Session: The Women's Reservation Bill, which has been stuck in Parliament for the last several years, may be introduced during the special session this time. According to sources, the first bill the Modi government can present in the new Parliament is the Women's Reservation Bill.
The move is seen as a master stroke by the Modi government ahead of key states elections and the Lok Sabha elections 2024.
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