Women in Parliament: Hits & Misses

After being in discussion for more than a decade, the Women's Reservation Bill has been passed, but could it be a non-starter? What are the implications? Are there other alternatives that could've been explored to increase women's representation? Saurabh Todi and Suman Joshi discuss. Readings: India’s first women MPs punched above their weight | The Indian Express The Women's Lottery Bill NBER Working Paper Series Women As Policy Makers: Evidence From A India-Wide Randomized Policy Experiment by Raghabendra Chattopadhyay