{"id":316735,"date":"2024-11-20T17:16:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T11:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=316735"},"modified":"2024-11-20T17:16:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T11:46:35","slug":"high-representation-of-women-councillors-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/high-representation-of-women-councillors-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"High Representation of Women Councillors in India"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source:<\/strong> This post on High Representation of Women Councillors in India<\/strong> has been created based on the article “T.N. has highest number of women councillors: report “<\/a> published in The Hindu on 20th November 2024.<\/p>\n

Why in news?<\/h2>\n

Recently, a road map on urban transformation in India was released.<\/p>\n

Findings of the report<\/h2>\n
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Nearly 46% of councillors in India are women. In 19 out of 21 capital cities with active urban local bodies, including Patna, Shimla, Ranchi, and Bhubaneswar, women\u2019s representation exceeds 60%.<\/p>\n

Top States for Women Councillors: \u00a0<\/strong>Tamil Nadu leads with the highest number of women councillors. Other states in the top 10 include Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Bihar, and Chhattisgarh.<\/p>\n

Policy Support for Women’s Representation:<\/strong> 17 States have implemented legislation mandating 50% women\u2019s quota in local bodies. This is an increase over the constitutional minimum of 33%.<\/p>\n

Pathways for Urban Transformation<\/h2>\n

The report “Road Map for India\u2019s Citysystems Reforms” outlines three key strategies for urban transformation:<\/p>\n

1. Place-Based Governance:<\/strong> It advocates for reimagining urban governance to focus on regions, local economies, and self-government institutions rather than just schemes and funding.<\/p>\n

2. Decentralised Participatory Governance:<\/strong> It emphasizes strengthening local governments and encouraging citizen participation.<\/p>\n

3. Building State Capacities:<\/strong> It recommends restructuring the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and State Urban Departments as Ministries or Departments for regional economies and local governments.<\/p>\n

4. The report highlights the need for a rural-urban transition policy to manage urbanisation in rapidly urbanising villages. It notes that approximately 1,000 villages have transitioned to cities since Census 2011.<\/p>\n

Strengthening Local Governance:<\/strong> It stresses the need to amend and effectively implement this amendment to empower local governments. It also aims to enhance citizen participation in governance and ensure robust local self-government systems.<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus: Polity and nation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: This post on High Representation of Women Councillors in India has been created based on the article “T.N. has highest number of women councillors: report “ published in The Hindu on 20th November 2024. Why in news? Recently, a road map on urban transformation in India was released. Findings of the report Nearly 46%… Continue reading High Representation of Women Councillors in India<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1760],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-316735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-polity-and-nation","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316735","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\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316735\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}