Women steal the show at Republic Day Parade

• The women led the 75th Republic Day Parade on Kartavya Path on January 26.

Key Highlights

• Major Saumya Shukla of the Army Service Corps unfurled the National Flag.
• Lieutenant Priyanka Sevda of the 262 Field Regiment led the Pinaka Rocket System.

Pointers of Nari Shakti

• An all-woman tri-services contingent marched down Kartavya Path for the first time.
• Women personnel of the CRPF, the BSF, and the SSB performed daredevil stunts on motorcycles.
• The Republic Day parade comes just a few months after the women’s reservation Bill was passed by Parliament.
• The law seeks to reserve one-third of seats for women in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies.
• India has a woman President, that too from the tribal community.

Prelims Takeaway

• Nari Shakti Vandan Act
• Kartva Path