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Govt approves 50 per cent reservation for women in urban local bodies | The Union Cabinet today
approved a proposal for amending the Constitution to increase the women reservation
in urban local bodies from one third to 50 percent. This provision will apply
to (i) the total number of seats to be filled by direct election, (ii) offices
of Chairpersons and (iii) seats and offices of the Chairpersons reserved for SCs
and STs. Increased representation of women is likely to yield significant benefits
in terms of higher priority to women's issues in critical areas of urban Governance
and service delivery such as water supply, sanitation, solid waste management,
education and health etc. The President of India in her address to the Parliament
on 4.6.09 stated that the Government will initiate steps for Constitutional Amendment
to provide fifty percent reservation for women in Urban Local Bodies as women
suffer multiple deprivations of class, caste and gender and enhancing reservation
in Urban Local Bodies will lead to more women entering the public sphere. Ministry
of Urban Development will move a Bill for amendment to Article 243 T of the Constitution
in the next session of Parliament after approval of the Cabinet. Enhancement of
reservation for women in Urban Local Bodies will not only ensure their increased
representation and participation at grassroots levels in various Urban Local Bodies
but also mainstream gender concerns in governance and decision making process. |
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