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Will always fight for women empowerment: CM Dhami on 30% reservation bill

Earlier in Nov, the SC, in an interim order, stayed the Uttarakhand HC order which had put on hold the government's decision to provide 30% reservation to women domiciled in State civil services

Uttarakhand Guv approves Bill granting 30% women's reservation in govt jobs

Uttarakhand Governor Lt Gen Gurmit Singh (retd) has given his consent to a Bill providing 30 per cent horizontal reservation to domiciled women of the state in government jobs. Uttarakhand Public Services (Horizontal Reservation for Women) Bill, 2022 was passed by the state assembly on November 29 last year. With the governor's consent to the Bill, it has become an Act, an official said here on Wednesday. Stating the objective of the Bill at the time of its introduction in the state assembly, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami had said that women of the state live in adverse conditions and their standard of living is below the women of other states. "The Bill seeks to provide 30 per cent reservation to them in government jobs in order to ensure social justice, equality of opportunity, improvement in living standards and gender equality in public planning," Dhami had said.

Why not have a females-only political party? It will have four advantages

Women are better at governing because they are more patient and more compassionate, writes TCA Srinivasa Raghavan.

Vice prez urges parties to reach consensus to give reservation to women

The vice president also urged all political parties to adopt a consensual approach on matters of national importance like country''s security, eliminating corruption and ensuring social justice

Sonia Gandhi seeks passage of Women's Bill, says give us our due

She also took a dig at the govt over the slogan of 'maximum governance and minimum government'