“Panchayat se Parliament tak”

“Panchayat se Parliament tak”

Subject: Schemes

Section: Vulnerable section

Context: The Parliament on Friday hosted a programme named ‘Panchayat Se Parliament Tak’ for over 500 women representatives of diverse backgrounds from Panchayats and urban local bodies.

More on news: ‘Panchayat Se Parliament Tak’ is aimed at empowering and supporting women grassroots leaders.

• Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla inaugurated the programme in the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan.
• Reference was made to the Nari Shakti Vandan Act ,which was passed by the government in the very first session of the new building of Parliament.
• The Nari Shakti Vandan Act (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023 is aimed at giving one-third reservation to women in Lok Sabha and State/Union Territory Legislatures to enable greater participation of women as public representatives in policy making at the National and State levels.
• The purpose of this Act is to reserve one-third of the total seats in the Lok Sabha and State Legislatures for women

Panchayat Se Parliament Tak:

• This awareness programme was organized by the Institute of Constitutional Parliamentary Studies (ICPS) in coordination with the National Commission for Women.
• The initiative is aimed at making panchayats as agents of change at the village level.
• This will help in achieving self-reliant villages and in turn accelerated economic development leading to the path of Viksit Bharat.
• A strong panchayat is necessary to build a self-reliant village to  strengthen the foundation of our

About Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies:

• Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies is a premier research institute.
• It is headed by the Speaker of Lok Sabha who is ex-officio President of the Institute.
• The Institute was formally inaugurated on 10 December 1965 by the then President of India and Chief Patron of the Institute Dr. S. Radhakrishnan in the Central Hall of Parliament House, New Delhi.
• The Institute was created with the objective of organizing academic, research and training programmes in the fields of constitutional and parliamentary studies