New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday reiterated his government's commitment to providing reservations for women in local bodies, state legislatures and parliament.
Addressing the India Today conclave, the prime minister said he was "committed to providing reservation of 50 percent in local bodies, and up to a third in legislatures and parliament."
"If there is one defining characteristic of changes in India, it is the shift in power towards the ordinary citizen," Manmohan Singh said, adding that the country had seen rapid economic change and growth.
He said his government had sought to make political democracy meaningful through social democracy.