New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The first phase of the Census in Delhi is set to begin on Thursday, initiating a large-scale data collection exercise that will play a crucial role in shaping governance and policy decisions over the coming decade.Officials are preparing to conduct extensive door-to-door visits across the national capital as part of the process that forms the foundation of India’s population database.The opening stage, known as the House Listing and Housing Census, will focus on gath…
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Mumbai, April 15 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said that amendments to the Women’s Reservation Bill were necessitated to ensure the timely implementation of the law, as delays in conducting the Census had disrupted the delimitation schedule.“As everyone knows, the Census process was delayed, and because of this, the delimitation schedule was also disturbed. In such a situation, women’s reservation could have been delayed to 2034 or even 2039. Had there be…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Opposition protests over the three-day special session of Parliament beginning Thursday are centred less on the women’s reservation quota and more on the Centre’s proposed Delimitation Bill, 2026, which seeks to expand the Lok Sabha to 850 seats using 2011 Census data.Several stakeholders, particularly from southern states, fear that the proposal could favour more populous northern states such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar over states like Tamil Nadu and Kerala, potenti…
Hyderabad, April 15 (IANS) Telangana Jagruthi president K. Kavitha on Wednesday warned of a movement on the scale of the Telangana agitation if the BJP-led Centre attempts to weaken the state’s democratic representation under the guise of delimitation.The former MP said that the South, which led the nation in economic growth and family planning for decades, should be rewarded and not punished.“The voice of the people of Telangana cannot be diluted under the guise of delimitation. Our positio…
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) As Parliament prepares to deliberate on the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act proposing 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies, the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) on Tuesday called for a parallel push to ensure political reservation for persons with disabilities (PwDs). Welcoming the Centre’s move to strengthen women’s political participation, NCPEDP said the ongoing reform moment presen…
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson and Rajya Sabha member Sonia Gandhi on Monday said the central concern surrounding the Centre’s decision to introduce Bills during a special session of Parliament on April 16 is delimitation, not women’s reservation, describing the process as “extremely dangerous” and terming it an “assault on the Constitution”. She alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking to “delay and derail” the caste census, suggesting that the t…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to floor leaders of all parties in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, seeking their support for the unanimous passage of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam to ensure the implementation of women’s reservation ahead of the 2029 elections. In his communication, the Prime Minister emphasised the importance of passing the legislation, which provides for one-third reservation for women in legislative bodies, during the upcoming spe…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Former long jumper and Athletics Federation of India senior vice-president Anju Bobby George has welcomed the renewed push for the Women’s Reservation Bill, terming it a significant step towards strengthening women’s representation in policymaking, while also highlighting its potential benefits for the sporting ecosystem.Her remarks come as Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the extension of the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament to expedite steps to implement…
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday opposed any move to operationalise the Women’s Reservation Bill without a fresh population census, asserting that the absence of updated data would render the entire exercise flawed and unjust.In a post on social media platform X, Yadav questioned the very basis of the proposed reservation, arguing that accurate enumeration is essential for fair representation. “If the counting itself is wrong, how can the reservation b…
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi on Sunday said that delimitation of constituencies is essential to ensure effective representation and development, but cautioned that the exercise must not result in disproportionate political advantage or be influenced by partisan considerations. In a post on X, Chaturvedi, a former Rajya Sabha member, highlighted the growing burden on Members of Parliament, stating, “Delimitation is a necessity, Members of Parliament in the …