Delimitation under the Nari Shakti Vandan Act means redrawing constituencies based on Census data, which will also decide women’s reserved seats. The 33% quota will be implemented only after this process, delaying reservation rollout until delimitation is completed.

The government has called a special Parliament session to introduce three major bills on delimitation, Lok Sabha expansion and women’s reservation.

A couple and their two-year-old daughter died after a fire spread from a plastic scrap heap in Delhi’s Rohini, engulfing their hutment.