Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
193 opposition MPs sign notice seeking motion for CEC Gyanesh Kumar's removal
As many as 193 Members of Parliament from the INDIA bloc — 130 from Lok Sabha and 63 from Rajya Sabha — signed a formal notice seeking the initiation of a re...
Kharge raises Farooq Abdullah attack in Rajya Sabha, demands restoration of J&K statehood
An alleged assassination attempt was made on National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah at a wedding function in Jammu's Greater Kailash area; a 63-year-old ...
Parliament Watch: Faster rooftop solar rollout, stress test for I-T portal, faster smart meters
A Parliamentary Standing Committee report on the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy's 2026-27 demands for grants flagged slow progress in the PM Surya Ghar...
Bihar govt to justify its proposal for ST status to Gangota community: Tribal ministry
The office of the Registrar General of India (RGI) has sought justification from the Bihar government for its 2019 proposal to grant Scheduled Tribe (ST) sta...
Income cannot be sole decider of OBC creamy layer: SC
In *Union of India v. Rohith Nathan* (decided March 11, 2026), a Supreme Court bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and R. Mahadevan ruled that the "creamy layer...
Need balance between privacy and public interest: SC
The Supreme Court, while considering a petition challenging the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 and the DPDP Rules, 2025, observed that pub...
Parliamentary panel sounds alarm as urban development budget hits five-year low
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs, chaired by Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy (TDP), presented a report in Lok Sabha on March 12, ...
Explained: How India is trying to regulate children’s social media use — and why gaps remain
India has a layered regulatory framework to protect children on social media, combining the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act 2023, IT Rules 2021, ...
Why SC ordered a ‘no fault’ compensation policy for Covid vaccine side-effects
In Rachana Gangu v. Union of India (2026 INSC 218), a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta directed the Union of India to formulate and place in t...
SC verdict on parental income as OBC creamy layer criterion: What has court said, what changes
The Supreme Court held that the "creamy layer" exclusion for OBC reservations cannot be determined solely on the basis of parental income, without also consi...
Muslim Personal Law Board condemns Supreme Court petition challenging Islamic inheritance law
A petition was filed in the Supreme Court — reportedly by the Naya Nari Foundation — seeking to invalidate Islamic inheritance law provisions that give women...
Turkish firms continue to work on metro rail contracts despite Ministry’s security directive
Turkish construction and technology companies continue to execute metro rail contracts worth thousands of crores in India despite formal objections raised by...
Floundering PM Internship Scheme used less than 1% of Rs 10,831 crore set aside for it in FY25-26
The Prime Minister's Internship Scheme (PMIS), which received a massive ₹10,831 crore allocation in Union Budget 2025-26 (up from ₹380 crore in 2024-25), has...
Hospitality sector to get 20% of average monthly Commercial LPG requirement
The Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas announced in Parliament that 20% of the average monthly commercial LPG requirement will be allocated to the ...
Govt allows commercial use of biomass, kerosene, coal to ease LPG pressure amid West Asia conflict
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) advised State Pollution Control Boards to permit, for a period of one month, the use of bioma...
High-Level Committee on Banking may suggest review of CRR, SLR, licensing norms
A government-appointed High-Level Committee on Banking — proposed in Union Budget 2026 — is considering recommendations to review the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR...
India caps commercial LPG supply at 20% to curb price rise, hoarding amid West Asia crisis
The Union government imposed a 20% cap on commercial LPG supply by oil marketing companies (OMCs) from March 12, 2026, effective immediately — an 80% reducti...
e-Courts Mission Mode Project is being implemented for strengthening the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the judicial system
The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Law and Justice informed the Rajya Sabha that over 660.36 crore pages of court records — including legac...
E-COURTS MISSION MODE PROJECT
The e-Courts Mission Mode Project Phase III is under active implementation as part of the National e-Governance Plan, aiming to transform India's judicial sy...
CAPF officers demoralised that Centre is not giving them their due, Samajwadi MP tells Rajya Sabha
A Samajwadi Party MP raised in Rajya Sabha the issue of demoralisation among Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) officers, citing the Centre's delay in implem...