{"id":260648,"date":"2023-09-18T20:45:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T15:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=260648"},"modified":"2023-09-18T20:45:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T15:15:47","slug":"33-fairer-political-returns-on-passing-the-womens-reservation-bill-look-very-good-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/33-fairer-political-returns-on-passing-the-womens-reservation-bill-look-very-good-now\/","title":{"rendered":"33% Fairer \u2013 Political returns on passing the women\u2019s reservation bill look very good now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201c33% Fairer \u2013 Political returns on passing the women\u2019s reservation bill look very good now. Don\u2019t waste this chance<\/strong>\u201d published in<\/strong> The Times of India <\/strong>on\u00a018th<\/sup> September 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS 2 \u2013 Social Justice \u2013 Issues Related to Women<\/strong><\/p>\n

Relevance: <\/strong>About representation of women in the legislative bodies<\/strong><\/p>\n

News: <\/strong>The specific legislative agenda for the special Parliament session, which begins today, remains uncertain. However, one speculated item is a bill aiming to reserve one-third of Lok Sabha and state legislative assembly seats for women.<\/p>\n

What are the reasons for the Parliament to consider a bill that allocate one-third of Lok Sabha and state legislative<\/strong> assembly seats for women?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The country and its women have made a lot of progress<\/strong> since the first attempt to pass such a law in 1996. The strong opposition that every government has faced in trying to pass this law has also died down.<\/p>\n

Therefore, it is unlikely that there will be the same violent scenes of male MPs tearing up women’s reservation bills as seen in the past.<\/p>\n

Further, the social and economic arguments for this reservation were strong even three decades ago. The main difference now is that there is more political support for it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even the current ruling party has pledged to pursue a constitutional amendment for this reservation in both its 2014 and 2019 manifestos.<\/p>\n

What is the current status of women’s representation in legislative bodies in India?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

There has been a shift in Indian politics regarding women’s reservation. This can be attributed to factors like the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, where women voted in higher numbers than men, a trend also observed in various assembly polls.<\/p>\n

Women are now the focal point of numerous welfare programs<\/strong>, and their issues are receiving greater attention.<\/p>\n

However, despite these changes, women’s representation in legislatures remains low, ranging from 0% to 14%.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Must Read: <\/strong>Women’s Representation in Legislature – Explained<\/strong><\/a> and <\/strong>On reservation for women in politics<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

What lies ahead?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The women’s reservation bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha in 2010, and that same year, the budget aimed for double-digit economic growth. However, double-digit growth has not been yet achieved.<\/p>\n

Therefore, recognizing the connection between strong economic growth and women’s empowerment, policymakers should prioritize increasing women’s representation in legislatures. <\/strong><\/p>\n

A persistent discrimination against women imposes significant costs on India in both wealth and well-being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201c33% Fairer \u2013 Political returns on passing the women\u2019s reservation bill look very good now. Don\u2019t waste this chance\u201d published in The Times of India on\u00a018th September 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 Social Justice \u2013 Issues Related to Women Relevance: About representation of women in the legislative bodies… Continue reading 33% Fairer \u2013 Political returns on passing the women\u2019s reservation bill look very good now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,8131,10496],"class_list":["post-260648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-social-issues","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260648\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}