Bill to provide women 50% reservation in local bodies introduced
A bill to increase the number of seats and offices reserved for women in local self-government bodies from the current one-third to 50 per cent has been introduced in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
Women's bill likely to be passed
New Delhi: Apparently trying to create fissures in the Opposition which had united on the issue of JPC into the 2G spectrum scam, government is giving signals that it plans to bring the contentious Wo
Prez hopes women’s bill will be considered by Lok Sabha soon
President Pratibha Patil on Monday expressed hope that the women's reservation bill, passed by Rajya Sabha, would be considered by the Lok Sabha at the earliest.
Most MPs against women's bill: Sharad Yadav
Continuing his opposition to the Women's Reservation bill, Janata Dal-United (JD-U) president, Mr Sharad Yadav, says that 90 per cent of MPs are against the bill that seeks to set aside a third of all