Question : COPARCENARY RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN ANDHRA PRADESH



(a) whether the Government is aware of the Hindu Succession Andhra Pradesh (Amendment) Act, 1986 and the changes it has brought about in the rights of daughters in relation to ancestral property of Hindus;

(b) whether the National Commission for Women has carried out a study of the coparcenery rights of women in Andhra Pradesh in the light of this amendment; and

(c) the recommendations made by the report and the action taken thereon?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (SHRI K. VENKATAPATHY)

(a) Yes, Sir.

(b) & (c): Information is being collected and will be laid on the table of the House.