Nelaturu Sreekanth ReddyAIR 151 · CSE 2024 · 173 wordsTheir whole copy
Opening · a date or context
73rd and 74th Constitutional amendments brought in the concept of reservation for women in local governance.
Body · points
Enhancement of Indian democracy due to women reservation
→ According to Kalpana Shah, reservation will act as a gradual steps in empowerment of women.
→ According to Amartyasen, women reservation promoted decision making and leadership skills.
→ Women leadership played an important role in solving women problems such as toilet facilities.
Ex: Role of Chhavi Rajawat in Soda panchayat, Jaipur.
→ Reservation promoted gender equality in local politics.
Challenges to women reservation in Indian democracy
→ According to Mukharjee and Jha, it lead to Sarpanch pati.
→ According to Ashok Mehta, local governance institutions failed due to lack of powers and domination of caste group.
→ According to Rajvir Dhaka based on Haryana studies mentions about proxies to women representatives.
→ Domination of high class women on Dalit & tribal women in decision making.
Close · a way forward
To empower women leaders at grassroot level we need to work on 4F's (Framework, funds, functions, functionaries) to achieve democratic decentralisation.