The Union Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is learnt to have cleared key amendments to current laws in order to enable a roll out of the much-delayed 33 per cent women’s reservation by the 2029 Lok Sabha elections.Two Bills are learnt to have been cleared.The first Bill will amend Section 334-A of the women’s quota law also called the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam (brought about by the Constitution 128th Amendment Act), 2023. Section 334-A in the 2023 law passed by Parliament said the reservation of one-third of seats for women in the Lok Sabha, state assemblies and the Assembly of Delhi will come into effect only after delimitation is done for the purpose following the publication of data of the first Census taken after the commencement of the 2023 women’s quota law. It also said such reservation would be applicable for 15 years and would require further reaffirmation thereafter.The second Bill the Cabinet is learnt to have cleared will amend the Constitution 84th Amendment Act 2001. This Act froze the total number of seats in the Lok Sabha (at the current 545) and state legislative assemblies, based on the 1971 census, until 2026. Now, to conduct an early delimitation and raise the strength of the Lok Sabha and state assemblies based on Census 2011 — as the government is proposing — it will need to end the freeze.Once that is done, the government can raise the seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies by 50 per cent each and provide reservation for women on the enhanced strength of the legislative chambers. Sources say the strength of Lok Sabha could go up to 814-816 MPs from the current 543.Of this enhanced strength, 33 per cent seats — around 271 to 273 — will be reserved for women. A similar 50 per cent raise is proposed for the state assemblies where, too, the one-third of seats can then come into force.The Bills are expected to be passed in the Budget session of Parliament to be convened between April 16 and 18.