Nagaland Assembly Passes Municipal Bill, Retains 33% Reservation For Women

It was passed after the select committee headed by Deputy Chief Minister TR Zeliang presented the report on the Nagaland Municipal Bill, 2023 in the house.

The Nagaland Assembly on Friday passed the Nagaland Municipal Bill, 2023 and retained 33 per cent reservation for women. It was passed after the select committee headed by Deputy Chief Minister TR Zeliang presented the report on the Nagaland Municipal Bill, 2023 in the house.

The development came as several Naga organisations claimed that the reservations for women in the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) would go against their community's customary laws.

In Nagaland, over 95 per cent of the land and its resources belong to the people and the community while the government owns only about 5 per cent of the total area, including reserve forests and roads.