New Delhi, Apr 16 (JKNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the government is moving resolutely towards strengthening women’s empowerment as a special three-day sitting of Parliament commenced.
PM Modi in a post on X in Hindi wrote, “In the special sitting of Parliament, beginning today, our country is all set to take a historic step towards women’s empowerment. The respect for our mothers and sisters is the respect for the nation, and with this very spirit, we are moving forward resolutely in this direction.”
The special sitting is expected to deliberate on amendments related to the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam’, commonly known as the Women Reservation Act, aimed at its implementation by 2029.
As per the proposed Constitutional amendment, the strength of the Lok Sabha may be increased from the present 543 to a maximum of 850 seats to operationalise the reservation for women following a delimitation exercise based on the latest census.
The bill also proposes an increase in seats in State and Union Territory assemblies to facilitate 33 per cent reservation for women.
It further states that seats reserved for women in the Lok Sabha and legislative assemblies “shall be allotted by rotation to different constituencies in a state or Union territory.” (JKNS)
