01006pab a2200181 454500 180718b2009 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Buch, Nirmala Reservation for women in panchayats: a sop in disguise? 2009 p.8-10. 3 Oct The decision by the union cabinet to raise reservation for women from one-third to 50% of seats at all three levels of panchayats is a welcome one. However, this decision was taken without addressing the problems caused by mandatory rotation of reserved seats, which women have been drawing attention to and the impasse over the Women's Reservation Bill remains. The latter in particular suggests that the 50% reservation in panchayats is a sop to cover up the government's inability to ensure reservation for women in Parliament and state legislatures. - Reproduced. Panchayat Women in politics Economic and Political Weekly N 83901 83901 83901 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 44, Issue no: 40 AR84361 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR