Recommendation 1.9: "Obstacles preventing minority women elected representatives' participation in decision-making, including at the local governance levels should be identified and addressed by prioritizing the development of a systematic and consistent approach to identifying, evaluating, monitoring and eliminating existing forms of discrimination against minority women and girls". In India, under the Panchayati Raj institutions (self/local level governance) one third of the seats are reserved for women in all Panchayat councils, including Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, in the form of representation proportional to each minority's population share in each district. - With respect to implementation, the untouchability practices are manifested within the local government (panchayat) offices. Nominal presence of Dalit women among the Dalit members in local governance deprives them of any effective decision-making power, where panchayats