Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
Amit Shah to unveil Land Port Management System for smarter border operations
The Union Home Minister formally launched the Land Port Management System (LPMS) on June 9, 2026, a comprehensive digital platform designed to bring all of I...
Why did Supreme Court back curbs on online gaming?
The Supreme Court, in a bench comprising Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice R. Mahadevan, upheld the constitutional validity of imposing 28% Goods and Servic...
Ease of Doing Business: Strengthening India’s Business Framework
The government has released a comprehensive account of wide-ranging reforms that have transformed India's business environment through digital governance, re...
‘Will protest at Jantar Mantar’: JK Dy CM Choudhary warns Modi Govt over statehood delay
Jammu & Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary warned that the ruling party in J&K will stage a protest at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, if the U...
India’s Health Transformation
A government review highlighted the scale of health system expansion over the past twelve years, covering health insurance, primary care infrastructure, and ...
Reforms to Expand Foreign Participation in G-Secs
The Government announced a package of reforms to expand Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI) participation in Government Securities (G-Secs), with the goal of de...
MoU between Digital India Bhashini and Kathmandu University (KU) for co-creating National Digital Infrastructure for ‘Voice First’ Language Translation platform for Nepal
The Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) wi...
Report on Datasets for State Finance Commissions to be Released on 8th June 2026
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj released the Report of the Committee on Datasets for State Finance Commissions on June 8, 2026, at a function in New Delhi. Th...
Why did Supreme Court back curbs on online gaming? | Explained
The Supreme Court upheld a 28% Goods and Services Tax (GST) on online money gaming, fantasy sports, and casinos, rejecting industry challenges against the le...
SC ruling on creamy layer prompts demand for JEE category revision
The Supreme Court held that parental income from salary and agriculture alone cannot determine whether an OBC candidate falls within the "creamy layer" and i...
Experts Explain | Can Election Commission decide who is an Indian citizen? What Supreme Court said in SIR verdict
The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional and statutory validity of the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls conducted...
The apex court rings its own chain
An analysis of the Supreme Court's increasing reliance on suo motu cognisance has raised concerns about a once "rare but highly visible" jurisdiction becomin...
India opens CSR funding to non-profits via social stock exchange in landmark policy shift
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs amended Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013 to allow companies to channel Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds t...
Supreme Court sets 3-month deadline for High Courts to pronounce judgments after reserving orders
A Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued binding directions to all High Courts, mandating that reserved j...
Over 90% of Indian babies born in hospitals, 87% of one-year-olds fully vaccinated: NFHS-6
The sixth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6), conducted across India in 2023–24, was released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare i...
Right to trauma care of citizens integral part of right to life: Supreme Court
A Supreme Court bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and A.S. Chandurkar held that the right to trauma care is an integral part of the right to life guaranteed ...
Supreme Court says NEET paper leak traumatised entire families; points to ‘ad-hocism’ in NTA
The Supreme Court, hearing a matter related to the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak, observed that the episode had "traumatised entire families" and pointed to system...
Government launches common landing portal for unclaimed financial assets
The central government launched a common landing portal that aggregates access to multiple existing portals for tracing and claiming unclaimed financial asse...
Govt to roll out social security schemes for gig workers; e-Shram integration deadline set for June 22
The Ministry of Labour and Employment has directed platform aggregator companies to integrate their worker databases with the e-Shram portal by June 22, 2026...
Govt amends CSR norms; provides more leeway for companies
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs amended CSR rules under the Companies Act, 2013, permitting companies to invest up to 10% of their mandatory CSR funds in Z...