106th Constitutional Amendment (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023)
The Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023 — popularly called the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam — was passed in a special session of Parliament in September 2023. It inserts Articles 330A and 332A into the Constitution, reserving one-third of all seats in the Lok Sabha, state legislative assemblies, and the Delhi assembly for women, including within SC/ST reserved quota seats. However, the reservation is linked to a trigger: it takes effect only after the next Census is published and a fresh delimitation exercise is carried out thereafter. This is the core implementation bottleneck that the 2026 Parliament session seeks to address.
- Passed with 454:2 in Lok Sabha and 214:0 in Rajya Sabha (September 2023)
- Inserts Articles 330A (Lok Sabha), 332A (State Assemblies)
- Reservation operative for 15 years from the date of commencement (unless extended)
- Reserved constituencies rotate after each delimitation to avoid permanent concentration
- OBC sub-quota within the 33% is NOT provided by the Act — a major continuing demand
● Tracked since March 24, 2026 · last seen April 17, 2026 · updates as the daily brief publishes
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