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Rajya Sabha passes Women's Reservation Bill
Rajya Sabha on March 09, 2010 has
passed the Women's Reservation Bill, ensuring 33% reservation to women
in Parliament and state legislative bodies. Presently, Rajya Sabha has
the strength of 233 members and out of those 186 members was in the
favour of the bill while one has opposed the bill.
It is the 108th Constitution Amendment Bill to provide 33% reservation
to women. The bill seeks to reserve for women 181 of the 543 seats in
the Lok Sabha and 1,370 out of a total of 4,109 seats in the 28 State
Assemblies.
After getting the nod from upper house it may introduced in Lok Sabha
in the last week of budget session ending on May 07, 2010.
Source: The Times
of India
