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The '''Women's Reservation Bill''' or '''The Constitution (108th Amendment) Bill, 9 th March, 2010''', is a pending bill in the [[Parliament of India]] which proposes to amend the [[Constitution of India]] to reserve 1/3rd of all seats in the Lower house of Parliament of India, the [[Lok Sabha]], and in all sotate [[legislative assemblies]] for women. The seats were proposed to be reserved in rotation and would have been determined by draw of lots in such a way that a seat would be reserved only once in three consecutive general elections.
The '''Women's Reservation Bill''' or '''The Constitution (108th Amendment) Bill, 9 th March, 2010''', is a bill passed in the [[Parliament of India]] which says to amend the [[Constitution of India]] to reserve 1/3 of all seats in the lower house of Parliament of India, the [[Lok Sabha]], and in all state [[legislative assemblies]] for women. The seats were proposed to be reserved in rotation and would have been determined by draw of lots in such a way that a seat would be reserved only once in three consecutive general elections.


The [[Rajya Sabha]] passed the bill on 9 March 2010.<ref name=ra>{{cite news |title=Rajya Sabha passes Women's Reservation Bill|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-09/india/28137030_1_unruly-scenes-women-s-reservation-bill-constitution-amendment-bill |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811071147/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-09/india/28137030_1_unruly-scenes-women-s-reservation-bill-constitution-amendment-bill |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 August 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]]|date=9 March 2010 }}</ref> However, the [[Lok Sabha]] never voted on the bill.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-09/india/37581570_1_international-women-s-day-women-s-reservation-bill-speaker-meira-kumar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505090251/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-09/india/37581570_1_international-women-s-day-women-s-reservation-bill-speaker-meira-kumar |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 May 2013 |title=Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar calls for women’s empowerment|date=9 March 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=3 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Uproar in India Over Female Lawmaker Quota |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/world/asia/10india.html?_r=0 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=9 March 2010}}</ref> The bill is still pending as it never went to the Lok Sabha.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bill Track- Women's Reservation Bill [The Constitution (108th Amendment) Bill, 2008]|url=http://www.prsindia.org/billtrack/womens-reservation-bill-the-constitution-108th-amendment-bill-2008-45/|website=www.prsindia.maliniorg|access-date=20 November 2016}}</ref>
The [[Rajya Sabha]] passed the bill on 9 March 2010.<ref name=ra>{{cite news |title=Rajya Sabha passes Women's Reservation Bill|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-09/india/28137030_1_unruly-scenes-women-s-reservation-bill-constitution-amendment-bill |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811071147/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-09/india/28137030_1_unruly-scenes-women-s-reservation-bill-constitution-amendment-bill |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 August 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]]|date=9 March 2010 }}</ref> However, the [[Lok Sabha]] never voted on the bill.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-09/india/37581570_1_international-women-s-day-women-s-reservation-bill-speaker-meira-kumar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505090251/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-09/india/37581570_1_international-women-s-day-women-s-reservation-bill-speaker-meira-kumar |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 May 2013 |title=Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar calls for women's empowerment|date=9 March 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=3 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Uproar in India Over Female Lawmaker Quota |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/world/asia/10india.html?_r=0 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=9 March 2010}}</ref> The bill lapsed since it was still pending in Lok Sabha and the Lok Sabha expired during this two times in 2014 and 2019.


==Women's Reservation==
==Women's reservation==
In 1993, a constitutional amendment was passed in India that called for a random one third of village council leader, or Sarpanch, positions in [[gram panchayat]] to be reserved for women.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.povertyactionlab.org/evaluation/impact-women-policymakers-public-goods-india | title=Women as Poicy Makers: Evidence from a Randomized Policy Experiment in India | author=Chattopadhyay, Raghabendra, and [[Esther Duflo]] | journal=[[Econometrica]] | year=2004 | volume=72 | issue=5 | pages=1409-43 | publisher=[[The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab]] |access-date=December 14, 2018 }}</ref>
In 1993, a [[constitutional amendment]] was passed in India that called for a random one third of village council leader, or [[sarpanch]], positions in [[gram panchayat]], to be reserved for women.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.povertyactionlab.org/evaluation/impact-women-policymakers-public-goods-india | title=Women as Policy Makers: Evidence from a Randomized Policy Experiment in India | author=Chattopadhyay, Raghabendra, and [[Esther Duflo]] | journal=[[Econometrica]] | year=2004 | volume=72 | issue=5 | pages=1409–43 | publisher=[[The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab]] | doi=10.1111/j.1468-0262.2004.00539.x | hdl=1721.1/39126 |access-date=December 14, 2018 | hdl-access=free }}</ref>


There is a long-term plan to extend this reservation to parliament and legislative assemblies.<ref>[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=134425 Women are seeking 33% reservation in jobs, promotions]</ref><ref>[http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/aug/24spec2.htm Women's Bill: What's the fuss about?] [[Rediff]] 24 August 2005.</ref><ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980811/22350054.html The reservations business], ''[[Indian Express]]'', 11 August 1998.</ref>
There is a long-term plan to extend this reservation to parliament and legislative assemblies.<ref>[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=134425 Women are seeking 33% reservation in jobs, promotions]</ref><ref>[http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/aug/24spec2.htm Women's Bill: What's the fuss about?] [[Rediff]] 24 August 2005.</ref><ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980811/22350054.html The reservations business], ''[[Indian Express]]'', 11 August 1998.</ref>
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==See also==
==See also==
; Law in India
; Law in India
*[[The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013]]
*[[Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013]]


; Women in India
; Women in India
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The Women's Reservation Bill or The Constitution (108th Amendment) Bill, 9 th March, 2010, is a bill passed in the Parliament of India which says to amend the Constitution of India to reserve 1/3 of all seats in the lower house of Parliament of India, the Lok Sabha, and in all state legislative assemblies for women. The seats were proposed to be reserved in rotation and would have been determined by draw of lots in such a way that a seat would be reserved only once in three consecutive general elections.

The Rajya Sabha passed the bill on 9 March 2010.[1] However, the Lok Sabha never voted on the bill.[2][3] The bill lapsed since it was still pending in Lok Sabha and the Lok Sabha expired during this two times in 2014 and 2019.

Women's reservation

In 1993, a constitutional amendment was passed in India that called for a random one third of village council leader, or sarpanch, positions in gram panchayat, to be reserved for women.[4]

There is a long-term plan to extend this reservation to parliament and legislative assemblies.[5][6][7]

See also

Law in India
Women in India

References

  1. ↑ "Rajya Sabha passes Women's Reservation Bill". The Times of India. 9 March 2010. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar calls for women's empowerment". The Times of India. 9 March 2013. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Uproar in India Over Female Lawmaker Quota". The New York Times. 9 March 2010.
  4. ↑ Chattopadhyay, Raghabendra, and Esther Duflo (2004). "Women as Policy Makers: Evidence from a Randomized Policy Experiment in India". Econometrica. 72 (5). The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab: 1409–43. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0262.2004.00539.x. hdl:1721.1/39126. Retrieved 14 December 2018.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ Women are seeking 33% reservation in jobs, promotions
  6. ↑ Women's Bill: What's the fuss about? Rediff 24 August 2005.
  7. ↑ The reservations business, Indian Express, 11 August 1998.
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