After a three-year long silence over women’s reservation bill, the centre finally takes note of it. A Senior BJP leader revealed that the party leaders are contemplating over the bill, Economic Times reported. He said the matter is under debate if they will pass the bill in its original form or they will introduce changes […]

Union Urban Development Minister, Venkaiah Naidu, has announced that the NDA government would pass the women’s reservation bill, which would reserve 33 per cent seats for women in Parliament and state legislatures, once the coalition gets majority in the Rajya Sabha.

Haryana is a state that struggles with women’s issues — from representation to a widely-shared disastrous child sex ratio, to crimes against women, as this paper examines. It comprises of 21 Districts at present out of which 19 districts have sex ratio lower than 880. According to Census 2011 it has the worst sex ratio (877) and lowest […]

The Bihar government has announced 50 percent reservation in the judicial system, including “horizontal” reservation for women. ALSO READ: Women outnumber men in voting in Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s cabinet passed the the Bihar Uchcha Nyayik Seva (Sansodhan) Niymawali, 2016, and Bihar Asainik Seva (Sansodhan) Niymawali, 2016 and announced 50 percent reservation in the judicial […]