India’s Parliament passes law that will reserve 33% of legislature seats for women from 2029

India’s lower house votes to reserve third of seats for women

NEW DELHI, Sept 23 — India’s lower house of parliament passed a bill Wednesday that would more than double the number of women lawmakers in its ranks, following several failed attempts to enact the measure stretching back decades. The proposed law would reserve one-third of seats in India’s lower house and state assemblies for women once it takes effect, which could take until at least the end of the decade. It would not take effect before natio…

Indian Parliament will reserve 33% of seats for women

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is welcomed at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters, where he was honored a day after the women’s reservation bill was passed by the Indian Parliament in New Delhi on Friday, Sep. 22, 2023.Associated Press The Indian Parliament almost unanimously passed a historic bill that would reserve one-third of the seats in the parliament’s lower chamber and state legislatures for women. Prime Minister Narendra Modi …

India set to reserve 1/3 of Parliament seats for women. It took 27 years.

A proposed law in the world’s biggest democracy would put women in at least one-third of seats in the lower house of Parliament and in state legislatures.

India’s Parliament passes law that will reserve a third of legislature seats for women from 2029

India’s Parliament has approved landmark legislation that reserves one-third of the seats in its powerful lower house and in state legislatures for women to ensure more equal representation, ending a 27-year impasse over the bill amid a lack of consensus among political parties

India’s Parliament passes law that will reserve a third of legislature seats for women from 2029

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Parliament has approved landmark legislation that reserves one-third of the seats in its powerful lower house and in state legislatures for women to ensure more equal representation, ending a 27-year impasse over the bill amid a lack of consensus among political parties. But the wait is still not over, as the new law will not apply to next year’s national elections. Finance Minister Nirma…

India's lower house of parliament votes to reserve a third of seats for women

Indian MPs have voted to guarantee that a third of seats in parliament's lower house and in state assemblies go to women, a move that would more than double the number of female lawmakers in the world's biggest democracy.