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Beyond the population arithmetic: Do more MPs really mean better representation?
April 19, 2026 4:41 pm
If the concern motivating delimitation is representation and responsiveness, then strengthening the tier with 3.2 million elected representatives, including 1.5 million women, should be part of the solution set, rather than an afterthought
Women’s reservation and the flattening of Indian democracy into easy binaries
April 16, 2026 1:01 pm
The debate on women’s reservation shows how constitutional questions are reduced to moral choices, even as courts drift into interpretive excess
Delivery, not delay: Why delimitation is the bedrock of women’s reservation
April 15, 2026 8:41 pm
The Constitution is clear: Reservation must follow the map. By questioning the delimitation process, the Opposition is misrepresenting the very mandates that ensure electoral fairness
Himachal CM announces 25% women’s quota in Class 3 govt jobs
March 10, 2026 9:57 am
The Chief Minister unveiled a Rs 500 crore package for upgrading Nahan Medical College and confirmed new postgraduate courses—MSc Zoology, MBA, and MA History—at PG College Nahan from the next academic session.
Why this Census is crucial for delimitation, women’s quota, what's the legal roadmap
October 30, 2024 10:26 pm
Indications that the delayed Census of 2021 could be held next year have reopened the discussion on two very significant related exercises: the delimitation of constituencies, and reservation of seats for women. What is the legal and political roadmap on these?
What Tavleen Singh doesn't get: Reservation is the oxygen for my uphill journey
December 15, 2023 1:20 pm
Reservation is a tool that enables access to those for whom it has been long denied. Until caste discrimination persists, there is no question of withdrawing caste-based affirmative action
A lesson from 'Fleabag' on why women's reservation Bill is not enough
September 26, 2023 7:02 am
Ruling party's support for the Bill feels tokenistic, like it is meant to treat a symptom, not the cause. Have they paused to reflect on why women remained underrepresented all these years?
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September 22, 2023 9:41 pm
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Time to implement reservation for women in Parliamant, says Sharad Pawar
July 09, 2023 1:43 pm
Sharad Pawar, addressing a press conference in Pune said that the issue of 33% reservation for women is pending for many years now.
Government working on 50% quota for women in local bodies, says Venkaiah Naidu
February 07, 2016 6:07 pm
The rural development ministry is working on the issue of women reservation in panchayats, Naidu said.
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