New Delhi, Jan. 16 -- Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh addressed the Lightning Round Session of the 28th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC), held here on the theme 'Women's Contribution to India's Three-Tier System of Governance' and said women-led local bodies demonstrate higher levels of transparency, closer monitoring and stronger accountability.

Addressing the delegates, Deputy Chairman shared India's lived experience of women's participation in governance across its three-tier democratic framework comprising Parliament at the Union level, State Legislatures and Local Self-Government institutions.

He noted that this framework is based on vertical power-sharing among the Centre, States and ...