Question

The-----government is the first state to declare 50% reservation for women in local bodies.
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Karnataka
C) Maharashtra
D) Tamil Nadu

Answer 1

Hint: In this state, the reservation is divided among the women according to their categories. As, ST women were given 1 post, while SC women were given 7 and 17 seats were reserved for SC women while 26 were reserved for women coming under the general category.

Complete answer:
The Andhra Pradesh government is the first state to declare 50% reservation for women in local bodies.
Under the provisions of the Municipalities Act, 1965 and Municipalities (Reservation of Seats in Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats) Rules, 1995., the reservation was given to the women under each category. In the local body elections in the Andhra Pradesh state, the government announced 50% reservation of seats to women. Women was given 50% seats for the five year term programme in local bodies, For example:- weaker sections like, Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Backward Classes (BC) were given one-third of the total posts.Hence, Andhra Pradesh government is the first state to declare 50% reservation for women in local bodies.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘A’.

Note: In urban local bodies and many states like Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Kerala, Karnataka, Gujarat and Maharashtra, the Central government has not passed any final decision to ensure 50 % reservation for women in local bodies. The reservation is available in each and every sector for women cuts across all communities and is a horizontal and vertical reservation.