10-01-2024
106TH AMENDMENT ACT,2023 PASSED DURING THE SPECIAL SESSION OF PARLIAMENT.
DESCRIBED AS "NARI SHAKTHI VANDAN ADHINIYAM"
106TH CAA,2023 RESERVES ONE-THIRD OF ALL SEATS (33%) FOR WOMEN IN LOK SABHA, STATE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES, AND THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI INCLUDING THOSE RESERVED FOR SCs AND STs. PASSED AS 128TH CAA.
ARTICLE 330A:RESERVATION OF WOMEN IN LOK SABHA
ARTICLE 332A:RESERVATION OF WOMEN IN STATE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES
ARTICLE 239AA:RESERVATION OF WOMEN IN NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI
ARTICLE 334A:RESERVATION EFFECTIVE AFTER DELIMITATION.
SEPERATE BILLS TO EXTEND THE RESERVATION FOR WOMEN IN LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES.
THIS PROVISION OF RESERVATION IS NOT APPLICABLE TO RAJYA SABHA AND STATE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS IN STATES WITH BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE.
1. LAW WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AFTER THE NEXT CENSUS AND DELIMITATION(2026)
2. AFTER DELIMITATION, NUMBER OF SEATS RESERVED FOR WOMEN WILL BE DETERMINED
3. THE QUOTA FOR WOMEN WILL CONTINUE FOR 15 YEARS IN THE LOK SABHA AND ASSEMBLIES.
4. PARLIAMENT CAN LATER EXTEND THE BENEFIT PERIOD FROM TIME TO TIME.
5. THERE IS QUOTA WITHIN QUOTA FOR SCs AND STs WOMEN.
BENEFITS SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO WOMEN OF OBCs.
1. COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN INDIA(SCWI)1971 EXAMINED THE STATUS OF WOMEN, THEIR EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT.
2. COMMITTEE UNDER MARGARET ALVA 1987. NATIONAL PRESPECTIVE PLAN FOR WOMEN 1988-2000 MANDATED THE RESERVATION OF 1/3RD OF SEATS FOR WOMEN IN PANJAYAT RAJ INSTITUTIONS(PRIs)
3. GEETA MUKHERJEE COMMITTEE 1996- RESERVATION FOR OBC WOMEN
4. COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN 2013 BY MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT TO STUDY OF WOMEN, WHICH RECOMMEDED ENSURING AT RESERVATION OF SEATS FOR WOMEN IN THE LOCAL BODIES,STATE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES, PARLIAMENT, MINISTERIAL LEVEL AND ALL DECISION MAKING BODIES OF THE GOVERMENT.
1. CAAs PROPOSED IN 1996, 1998, 1999 AND 2008 FOR WOMEN RESERVATION.
2. ALL THE BILLS FAILED TO GET APPROVAL BY BOTH THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.
1. 15% OF WOMEN IN LOK SABHA
2. 9% OF WOMEN IN RAJYA SABHA
3. TAMILNADU:12 WOMEN MLAs/2 MINISTERS/11 MAYORS.
ACHIEVE SDG 5/SDG 10