Q. The 128th Constitution Amendment Bill, 2023, which was introduced recently, is associated with?
Answer:
Reserve 33% of seats for women in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies
Notes: Indian government introduced the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty- eighth Amendment) Bill, 2023, which proposes to reserve 33% of seats for women in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of India’s parliament) and state Legislative Assemblies.
This reservation will apply to seats reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) as well. These amendments were a result of recommendations made by the Balwantrai Mehta Committee in 1957 and the Asoka Mehta Committee in 1977, aiming to strengthen local self-governance and empower local bodies across rural and urban India.