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The implementation of the 106th Constitutional Amendment (women's reservation) is linked to the completion of the next census and delimitation exercise, illustrating how constitutional amendments often depend on demographic and administrative processes for operationalization.
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Women's reservation implementation sequence: (a) 106th Amendment (2023): Provides 33% reservation for women in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies, (b) Implementation trigger: (i) First census post-enactment (census due 2021 delayed to 2024-25), (ii) Delimitation exercise: Redraw constituency boundaries based on updated population data, (iii) Then reservation implemented: 33% seats reserved, with rotation after each delimitation, (c) Rationale: Reservation based on population distribution; delimitation ensures equitable representation, (d) Challenges: Census/delimitation delays affect implementation timeline; political consensus needed for delimitation freeze extension. Illustrates constitutional-amendment operationalization: legal change requires demographic data and administrative processes for effective implementation.