The Constitution of India
अनुच्छेद 330A
लोकसभेत महिलांसाठी जागांचे आरक्षण
लोकसभेत महिलांसाठी जागांचे आरक्षण.— (1) लोकसभेत महिलांसाठी जागा राखून ठेवण्यात येतील. (2) अनुच्छेद 330 च्या खंड (2) अन्वये राखून ठेवलेल्या जागांच्या एकूण संख्येपैकी, शक्य होईल तितपत जास्तीत जास्त, एक-तृतीयांश जागा, अनुसूचित जातींतील किंवा अनुसूचित जमातींतील महिलांसाठी राखून ठेवण्यात येतील. (3) लोकसभेच्या थेट निवडणुकीद्वारे भरावयाच्या जागांच्या एकूण संख्येपैकी (अनुसूचित जातींतील किंवा अनुसूचित जमातींतील महिलांसाठी राखीव असलेल्या जागांच्या संख्येसह), शक्य होईल तितपत जास्तीत जास्त, एक-तृतीयांश जागा, महिलांसाठी राखून ठेण्यात येतील.]
हे का आहे
Women have long been under-represented in India's Parliament despite forming half the population. After years of debate and several failed attempts at a 'Women's Reservation Bill' since 1996, Parliament passed the 106th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2023 (popularly called the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam), inserting Article 330A to guarantee women a fixed share of Lok Sabha seats, mirroring a similar provision (Article 332A) for State Legislative Assemblies.
सामान्य गृहितके
धरण: Article 330A immediately reserved one-third of Lok Sabha seats for women as soon as it was added to the Constitution.
घटना: The reservation only takes effect after a fresh delimitation exercise carried out following the next census, as specified in the amending Act, not immediately upon insertion.
धरण: Women's reserved seats are separate from and additional to SC/ST reserved seats.
घटना: Clause (2) makes clear that the women's quota within SC/ST reserved seats is counted as part of, not in addition to, the total one-third reservation for women.