Nagaland to grant 33 percent reservation to women in urban local bodies

Q.  Which state government decided to grant 33 percent reservation to women in Urban Local Bodies?
- Published on 16 Aug 16

a. Mizoram
b. Manipur
c. Assam
d. None of the above

ANSWER: None of the above
 
Nagaland’s state government on 10th August 2016 took the decision to grant 33 percent reservation to women in Urban Local Bodies.
  • Decision was taken during a cabinet meeting held in Kohima.
  • Decision was announced during the State Level Watershed Conference by CM TR Zeilang.
  • Elections to the state ULBs have been pending for several years as the tenure of the first municipal bodies came to an end between December 2009 and March 2010.
  • Joint Action Committee on Women’s Reservation of the Naga Mother’s Association was fighting the SC for 33 percent reservation which led to the withholding of the elections to the ULBs.

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