New Delhi: A day after the lower house of the parliament passed a two-thirds majority, the government on Thursday introduced the women's reservation bill in Rajya Sabha.
The bill envisages to reserve one-third of the seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women.
While introducing the bill in the upper house of the parliament, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said the bill was part of a series of measures the government has taken to empower women.
Introducing the 128th Constitution Amendment Bill, Meghwal recounted the measures initiated by the Narendra Modi government ...