India News LIVE Updates: GoI issues gazette notification for the Women's Reservation Bill after it received the assent of President Droupadi Murmu.
Earlier, the bill to reserve one-third of seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women received the Parliamentary nod after the Rajya Sabha voted unanimously in favour of it.
Unlike the Lok Sabha, where two of the 456 MPs present in the House had voted against the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, all the 214 lawmakers present in the Rajya Sabha voted in its favour.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked the MPs for supporting the legislation. "This spirit that has been created will create a new self-confidence among the people of the country and all MPs and political parties have played a very important role in it," he said.
The 128th Constitution amendment bill, referred to as the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, will now require the approval of a majority of state assemblies. It will be implemented after a delimitation exercise to redraw parliamentary and assembly constituencies based on census which the government has said will be commissioned next year. The 33 per cent reservation for women will not apply to the Upper House of Parliament and state legislative councils.
The bill was passed after several amendments including ones for giving other backward classes (OBCs) reservation within the 33 per cent quota were rejected. The reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies will be both horizontal and vertical,...
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