 bill  no  xvi of  2008 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2008 a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by the parliament in the fifty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2008short title, and commencement5(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appoint2 after article 330 of the constitution, the following article shall be inserted namely:—''330a (1) seats shall be reserved for women in the house of the peopleinsertion of new article 330a10(2) not less than one-third of the total number of seats reserved under clause (2)of article 330 shall be reserved for women belonging to the scheduled castes or, as the case may be, the scheduled tribes:reservation of seats for women in the house of the peopleprovided that nothing in this clause shall apply in relation to a state or union territory so long as the number of seats reserved for scheduled castes or scheduled tribes, as the case may be, in the state or union territory, is less than three5(3) not less than one-third (including the number of seats reserved for women belonging to the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes) of the total number of seats to be filled by direct election to the house of the people in a state or union territory shall be reserved for women and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different constituencies in the state or union territory:10provided that nothing in this clause shall apply in relation to a state or union territory so long as the number of seats allotted to such state or union territory is less than three''3  after article 332 of the constitution, the following article shall be inserted namely:—insertion of new article 332a15''332a (1) seats shall be reserved for women in the legislative assembly of every statereservation of seats for women in the legislative assemblies of the states(2) not less than one-third of the total number of seats reserved under clause (3)of article 332 shall be reserved for women belonging to the scheduled castes or, as the case may be, the scheduled tribes:20provided that nothing in this clause shall apply in relation to a state so long as the number of seats reserved for scheduled castes or scheduled tribes, as the case may be, in that state, is less than three25(3) not less than one-third (including the number of seats reserved for women belonging to the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes) of the total number of seats to be filled by direct election in the legislative assembly of every state shall be reserved for women and such may be allotted by rotation to different constituencies in the state:provided that nothing in this clause shall apply in relation to a state so long as the number of seats allotted to such state is less than three''304 the amendments made to the constitution, by this act, shall not affect any representation in the house of the people or in the legislative assembly of the state until the dissolution of the house or the assembly, as the case may be in existence at the commencement of this actamendment not to affect the representation in the house of the people or legislative assembly statement  of  objects  and  reasonsarticles 243d and 243t inserted by the constitution (seventy-third amendment) act,1992 and the constitution (seventy-fourth amendment) act, 1992 respectively provide that not less than one-third of the seats shall be reserved for women in every panchayat and every municipality further, the said articles provide that, from amongst the seats reserved for the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes, not less than one-third seats shall be reserved for women belonging to the scheduled castes or, as the case may be, the scheduled tribes the said articles also provide that such seats reserved for women may be allotted by rotation to different constituencies2 having provided reservation for women in panchayats and municipalities, it is now proposed to provide reservation for women on the same lines in the house of the people and in the legislative assemblies of the states by amending the constitution the major political parties are in favour of making such reservation for women3 the bill seeks to achieve the aforesaid objectbrinda   karat————a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shrimati brinda karat, mp)