The Economic Times

Govt near-finalises constitutional amendment to operationalise women's reservation via seat expansion

The government is nearing finalization of a constitutional amendment to implement women's reservation by expanding Lok Sabha and assembly seats. This proposal, potentially the Constitution (133rd Amendment) Bill, aims to address delimitation concerns by keeping the inter-state seat ratio based on the 1971 Census, while redrawing constituency boundaries within states using the 2011 Census.