ਮੀਨੂ ਅਤੇ ਲੇਬਲਾਂ ਦਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਖਰੜਾ ਹੈ, ਸਮੀਖਿਆ ਬਾਕੀ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਪੰਨੇ ਦੀ ਲਿਖਤ ਅਜੇ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਪਲਬਧ ਨਹੀਂ, ਇਸ ਲਈ ਹੇਠਾਂ ਅੰਗਰੇਜ਼ੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਦਿਖਾਈ ਗਈ ਹੈ।
Law explainer
Reservation for women in Panchayati Raj institutions
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The constitutional floor for reservation of seats and chairperson offices for women in panchayats under Article 243D, and how States have built on it.
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Mandatory record for this page
- Instrument
- Constitution of India, Article 243D, and State Panchayati Raj Acts
- Jurisdiction
- India
- “As on” date
- Set at legal sign-off
- Amendment history
- Recorded at legal sign-off
- Legal reviewer
- Not yet signed off
Official text
What this page will cover
- Art. 243D — Reservation of seats — Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and women; chairpersons
- State laws — States that reserve more than the constitutional floor
- Rotation — Rotation of reserved seats
References and headings only; explanations follow legal review.
Distinctions this page will keep clear
- Reservation of seats is a legal provision; actual representation and effective participation are research questions.
- Proxy representation (“sarpanch pati” / “mukhiya pati”) is treated as an open research question, labelled as interpretation (§73) — not as a finding.
- PRI reservation is a different instrument from the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023 on Lok Sabha and State Assembly seats, with a different implementation timeline. The two are kept on separate pages.