Women's reservation

Coverage balance

How many entries exist for each party's governments and each decade. This shows where the record is thin, so a quiet period reads as a gap in coverage, not as inactivity.

Dossiers

Actions in time order, by government

1. H. D. Deve Gowda, 1 Jun 1996 to 21 Apr 1997

   JD United Front government

   • StalledJD12 Sep 1996

     Women's Reservation Bill, first introduction 1996 (81st Amendment Bill)

     The United Front government introduced the first Constitution amendment bill to reserve one-third of Lok Sabha and Assembly seats for women in September 1996; it was referred to a joint committee and lapsed.

     Evidence points −2.0 (range −3.0 to −1.0)