India, June 12 -- In September 2023, Parliament passed the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, the law that mandates setting aside one-third or 33% of the total seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women. The law also states that the reservation for women in the legislature can be rolled out only after the delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies, which, in turn, can be done only after the census is completed. The government recently announced that the census, due in 2021, will now be completed by March 1, 2027. So, women's quota in the House can be rolled out only after the census and delimitation exercises are completed. Against this backdrop, the plan to hold the 2029 general election with the women's quota in place may seem a tal...