At a time when the world has seen never-the-before violence in terms of terrorist attacks on innocent victims, State aggression, high incidence of poverty and increasing inequality, it was essential for a decision like this. From the perspective of development and empowering more women at the grassroot level, it was a path-breaking move on the part of the government to approve a proposal increasing reservation for women in panchayats to 50 per cent.

Battle of Gender: