India to decide women's quota bill as row over parliamentary seats intensifies

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India prepares constitutional amendment to reserve one-third of parliamentary and state assembly seats for women, raising female representation from 14% to approximately 33%. The three-day special session beginning Thursday will introduce the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam. The bill ties a population-based constituency redraw using 2011 census data, potentially expanding the lower house from 543 to 850 seats. Opposition parties oppose the rushed implementation during election season and fear southern states will lose representation due to lower population growth rates.

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