Published : New Indian Express
/21-Nov-2018
In a move that will bring gender parity in politics and socio-economic development of women, the Odisha Assembly passed a unanimous resolution seeking approval of the Centre for making provision for one-third reservation in the State legislature. Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik said, “Empowerment of women is very close to my heart. No household, no society, no state, no country has ever moved forward without empowering its women.”