Reservation of seats for women mandates reserved parliamentary seats, including specific allocation for women from SCs and STs. Reservation of seats for women in the House of the People requires reserved seats for women, directs that as nearly as may be one-third of seats reserved under the SC/ST reservation be allocated to women of those groups, and mandates that as nearly as may be one-third of all directly elected seats to the House of the People be reserved for women, with that one-third to include the seats reserved for SC/ST women.
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Reservation of seats for women mandates reserved parliamentary seats, including specific allocation for women from SCs and STs.
Reservation of seats for women in the House of the People requires reserved seats for women, directs that as nearly as may be one-third of seats reserved under the SC/ST reservation be allocated to women of those groups, and mandates that as nearly as may be one-third of all directly elected seats to the House of the People be reserved for women, with that one-third to include the seats reserved for SC/ST women.
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