The ladies’s reservation Invoice handed through the Parliament remaining week, changed into regulation after it won assent from President Droupadi Murmu.
The ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhniyam’, which gives 33 in step with cent reservation for girls within the Lok Sabha in addition to the state legislative assemblies, was once unanimously handed through the Rajya Sabha, turning into the primary invoice to be handed within the new Parliament development.
On September 20, the Invoice was once handed following department with 454 contributors balloting in favour of the regulation and two in opposition to it at the movement looking for its passage.
The amendments moved through the Opposition contributors have been negatived and separate clauses of the draft regulation have been additionally voted on.
On September 21, Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam was once ‘unanimously’ handed in Rajya Sabha which marks the PM’s birthday in line with the Hindu calendar.
Ladies contributors from each Properties of Parliament, together with PT Usha, and Union Ministers Meenakashi Lekhi and Smriti Irani, have been all smiles as they offered a bouquet to High Minister Narendra Modi following the ancient passage of the Invoice in Parliament.
The Rajya Sabha had previous handed the Ladies’s Reservation Invoice in 2010 throughout the Congress-led UPA executive nevertheless it was once now not taken up within the Lok Sabha and due to this fact lapsed within the decrease Space of Parliament.
After the Invoice cleared the legislative hurdles in each Properties remaining week, High Minister Narendra Modi mentioned that the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam in Parliament will herald an generation of more potent illustration and empowerment for girls within the nation.
“A defining second in our country’s democratic adventure! Congratulations to 140 crore Indians. I thank the entire Rajya Sabha MPs who voted for the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam. Such unanimous fortify is certainly gladdening. With the passage of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam in Parliament, we herald an generation of more potent illustration and empowerment for the ladies of India. This isn’t simply a regulation; this is a tribute to the numerous girls who’ve made our country. India has been enriched through their resilience and contributions. As we have a good time these days, we’re reminded of the energy, braveness, and indomitable spirit of the entire girls of our country. This ancient step is a dedication to making sure their voices are heard much more successfully,” PM Modi mentioned on social media platform, X.
Union Minister Meenakashi Lekhi, too, lauded PM Modi for the passage of the Invoice announcing that it is going to move down in historical past for empowering girls.
Whilst the Opposition leaders welcomed the invoice, some flagged issues over the non-inclusion of an OBC sub-quota within the draft regulation.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC Ok Kavitha, one of the vital key advocates for regulation offering a fairer illustration of ladies in law-making our bodies, referred to as the passage of the quota Invoice in Parliament a big step in making sure more potent and extra vital participation of ladies within the nation’s political procedure.
Alternatively, she added, “There are a few ommissions that catch one’s eye. Non-provision of a sub-quota for OBC girls is painful. They must have added a sub-quota within the Invoice as it could ensured a an identical illustration of ladies from backward categories within the nation’s legislative procedure.”
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