Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
'Naxal-free India': Govt shares 'historic milestone' after six decades of violence
The Ministry of Home Affairs officially communicated to states that no district in the country remains classified as Left-Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected, mark...
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee Meeting, June 3 to 5, 2026
The sixty-first meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), constituted under Section 45ZB of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, was held from June 3 t...
Centre Approves Large-Scale Procurement of Pulses and Oilseeds Under PSS in Four States; Farmers to Benefit: Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan
The Union Agriculture Ministry approved large-scale procurement of pulses and oilseeds under the Price Support Scheme (PSS) — a component of the PM-AASHA sch...
NHAI goes AI way: In-house system deployed to flag faults in highway project reports, track road defects
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has deployed an in-house Artificial Intelligence system to automatically flag faults in highway project repor...
1 in 3 lawyers fake, Supreme Court to look at digital registry
A bench of the Chief Justice of India and Justice V. Mohan issued notices to the Union Government, the Bar Council of India (BCI), State Bar Councils, and th...
Tata Motors to increase CV prices from July 2026 by upto 2.5%
Tata Motors, India's largest commercial vehicle (CV) manufacturer by volume, announced price increases of up to 2.5% on its commercial vehicle range effectiv...
Environmental clearance for Brigade housing project in Pallikaranai revoked
The Tamil Nadu State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) revoked the environmental clearance granted on January 20, 2025 to a ₹2,000 crore reside...
Ageing EVMs, more booths: EC seeks Rs 500 crore ahead of 2029 polls
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has requested over ₹500 crore from the Union Government to procure new Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in preparatio...
The RBI and its growing fiscal role
The RBI transferred a record ₹2.87 lakh crore (approximately ₹2.87 trillion) as surplus to the Central Government, its largest-ever transfer. The surplus was...
Primed to treat: On Kerala and Nipah
Kerala has successfully contained multiple Nipah virus (NiV) outbreaks since 2018 — in Kozhikode (2018, 2021, 2023) and Ernakulam (2019) — offering a replica...
Supreme Court seeks Centre, States’ response on plea over ‘misuse’ of Aadhaar as proof of citizenship
The Supreme Court, through a bench of the Chief Justice and Justice V. Mohana, has issued notices to the Central Government, all states, and Union Territorie...
CAG asks states to disclose off-budget borrowings in A/Cs
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India released its State Finances 2024-25 report in June 2026, revealing that all 28 states posted fiscal defici...
States’ own tax mop-up now contributes more than half in total revenue receipts
States' own tax revenue (SOTR) accounted for more than half of combined revenue receipts in FY 2024-25 — a milestone in states' fiscal self-reliance — reachi...
UNSC reform would border on failure if only non-permanent category expanded: India
At the Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN) on UN Security Council reform, India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Harish Parvathaneni, stated that UNSC ...
States' liabilities rise to ₹90.5 tn in FY25, many breach fiscal gap limit: CAG
Total liabilities of all 28 Indian states combined reached Rs 90.51 lakh crore (approximately Rs 90.5 trillion) as of March 31, 2025, according to the CAG's ...
Fiscal stress deepens across states as all 28 post deficits in FY25: CAG report
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India released the third edition of its Publication on State Finances 2024-25, covering audited accounts of all 28 sta...
States' expenditure rises 131% in 10 yrs on welfare, development: CAG Report
Total expenditure of all Indian states combined rose 131 per cent over the decade from FY 2015-16 to FY 2024-25, increasing from Rs 22.18 lakh crore to Rs 51...
UP, Gujarat, Jharkhand, 10 other states record revenue surplus in FY25: CAG report
According to the CAG's State Finances 2024-25 report, thirteen states recorded revenue surpluses while fifteen states remained in revenue deficit during the ...
El Nino to hit 9-10 states severely; Chouhan calls for district-level contingency plans for Kharif
The Union Agriculture Ministry has issued directives to 9–10 states expected to face severe El Niño impacts during the Kharif 2026 season, calling for distri...
Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Amends Drugs Rules, 1945; Exemption for Sale of Cough Syrups in Small Villages Withdrawn
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has notified the Drugs (Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2026, which removes the word "Syrup" from Serial No. 13, Entry 7 of...