Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh is hopeful for the government to arrange two-third majority in the parliament to pass the much-awaited Women's Reservation Bill.

The bill has been gathering dust in files since it was firstly introduced in the Parliament in 1996 during the tenure of PM H. D. Devgoda.

The bill, aimed to provide one-third reservation to woman in Lok Sabha and State Legislatures, would be presented in the upper house on Monday.

PM, speaking at the Women's Leadership Summit, said that that introduction of woman in the decision making process would strengthen government's efforts to boost the comprehensive growth of the country and empowering the women.

The PM said that the Constitutional Amendment Bill for increasing women's representation in Panchayats and urban bodies is already presented in the Parliament.

The bill would prove a mile stone for mitigating gender disparity and associated problems of illiteracy and infant mortality rate. Dr. Singh raised the issues of violence against women and high drop rate of girl child in schools in his speech.