About Women’s Reservation Bill (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam) 

• In 2023, the Parliament passed the Women’s Reservation Bill (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam) which seeks to provide 33% reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies.
• It is officially known as the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act. 

Highlights of the Bill

• • Reservation Percentage: The bill proposes to reserve one-third of all seats for women in Lok Sabha, state legislative assemblies, and the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
  • Horizontal Reservation: One third of the total number of seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes shall be reserved for women of those groups in the Lok Sabha and the legislative assemblies. The allocation of reserved seats shall be determined by such authority as prescribed by Parliament.

• Commencement of Reservation: The reservation will be effective once the census conducted after the commencement of this Bill has been published. Based on the census, delimitation will be undertaken to reserve seats for women. 

• Seats on Rotational Basis: The seats reserved for women will be allotted by rotation to different constituencies in the state or union territory after each delimitation exercise. 
• Duration of Reservation: The reservation will be provided for a period of 15 years. However, it shall continue till such date as determined by a law made by Parliament. 

Why in News?

• Parliament has passed the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation (Second Amendment) Bill 2023 and the Government of Union Territories (amendment) Bill 2023 to extend Women’s reservation in J&K and Puducherry Assemblies.
• The reservation will be effective once the census conducted after the commencement of this Bill has been published.