Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
Historic 100% attendance at Niti meet, DKS breaks Karnataka boycott
For the first time since NITI Aayog's establishment in 2015, Chief Ministers of all 28 states attended the Governing Council meeting — a historic 100% attend...
Niti Aayog Governing Council meeting begins under PM’s chairmanship
The 11th Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog convened on June 11, 2026, at Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre, New Delhi, under the Prime Minister's chai...
BIS sets norms to protect indigenous seeds
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has published Indian Standard IS 20201:2026, a comprehensive management framework for Community Seed Banks (CSBs) across...
Adopt ‘targeted’ delimitation for 170 Lok Sabha seats: Economic Advisory Council to PM Modi
The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) released a study recommending a targeted delimitation model that would increase Lok Sabha consti...
Entire NE, barring one or two states, may be out of AFSPA by next year: Shah
A tripartite MoU was signed on June 11, 2026, by the Central Government, Assam, and Nagaland for joint oil and mineral exploration along the disputed Assam-N...
'Homemakers are nation builders': For payout, SC pegs housewife ‘income’ at Rs 30,000 a month
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N Kotiswar Singh ruled that homemakers must be recognised as "nation builders" and fixed a notional monthl...
PM advisory panel study chalks out targeted delimitation plan—split 170 LS seats to take total to 824
The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) released a working paper recommending that India increase Lok Sabha constituencies from 543 to 8...
Calcutta HC questions expelled TMC MLA Ritabrata Banerjee’s appointment as LoP by Speaker
The Calcutta High Court questioned whether a state Assembly Speaker could recognise a Member of the Legislative Assembly as Leader of Opposition (LoP) after ...
Hospital bills, captive patients: Why CCI’s ruling may weaken consumer protection
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) closed abuse-of-dominance proceedings against 12 super-speciality hospitals in the Delhi-NCR region on May 21, 2026...
Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks – Credit Facilities) Third Amendment Directions, 2026
The Reserve Bank of India issued the RBI (Commercial Banks – Credit Facilities) Third Amendment Directions, 2026, on June 10, 2026, permitting scheduled comm...
The revolt within: Why Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir is restless again
Large-scale protests erupted across Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir (PoJK/AJK) in early June 2026, led by the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), a grassr...
Negotiating federalism in higher education
A significant governance debate is playing out in India's higher education sector: although education is constitutionally a Concurrent List subject, regulato...
Bristol, York and UNSW get approval to set up campuses in India
The Ministry of Education issued Letters of Permission (LoPs) to the University of Bristol, the University of York, and the University of New South Wales (UN...
Delhi High Court grants bail to Kashmir human-rights activist Khuram Parvez in UAPA case
The Delhi High Court (Division Bench: Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja) on June 10, 2026 granted bail to Kashmiri human rights activist Khura...
Congress moves ECI against rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan's Rajya Sabha papers
A Congress Rajya Sabha nominee's nomination papers for a Madhya Pradesh seat were rejected by the Returning Officer (RO) on June 9, 2026, on grounds that she...
30-minute NCR: Regional Plan 2041 envisions fast trains, new townships
The National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) has proposed a draft Regional Plan 2041 envisioning up to eight new greenfield townships and a high-speed ...
PM to chair 11th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog on Thursday
The Prime Minister chaired the 11th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog on June 12, 2026 — the highest-level policy coordination forum bringing together ...
‘Inclusive human development for Viksit Bharat’: PM Modi to chair Niti Aayog Governing Council meeting on June 11
The 11th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog was held on June 11, 2026, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre in New Delhi. The meeting was chaired b...
Over 1 lakh guarantees totalling Rs 48,484 cr issued under ECLG scheme since May 5: FinMin
As of June 9, 2026, the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme 5.0 (ECLGS 5.0) has issued 1,06,549 guarantees totalling Rs 48,484.26 crore in credit guarante...
Agriculture Ministry's FY27 budget at Rs 1.4 lakh crore a five-fold jump from 2013-14 level
The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare received a budget allocation of Rs 1.4 lakh crore for 2026-27, representing a five-fold increase from the 2...