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Examine the standard of women's representation in India's legislative bodies.

1. The proportion of representation of women in the legislature have been very low in India. In 2009, the elected women member in the Lok Sabha was 10% of the total strength.


2. In state assemblies, their proportion was less than 5%.


3. The Panchayati Raj system has reserved one-third seat of the local government bodies reserved for women, this has shown improvement and now there more than 10lakh women representative.


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