Haryana Panchayat Bill
- The Haryana government is planning to bring a Bill to provide 50:50 reservations in panchayat polls for men and women candidates.
- Its Aim is to ensure equal opportunities for both sexes.
- The bill aims to rotate seats between male and female representatives after each term.
- Men and women will be able to contest panchayat polls under the odd-even formula.
- This will be implemented for sarpanches and members of village wards block samitis and zila parishads.
- If a ward or village is headed by a man in one term, it will be represented by a woman in the next term.
- The bill has the Right to Recall for representatives of panchayat bodies.
- Under this provision, an elected representative can be removed by voters if he or she fails to perform as per their minimum expectations.
