Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
Guidelines for Urban Challenge Fund released; Rs 5,000 cr-credit repayment guarantee scheme launched
Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal Khattar released the operational guidelines for the Rs 1 lakh crore Urban Challenge Fund (UCF) on April ...
'Women’s reservation bill already passed': Congress accuses Centre of 'hissa chori' using delimitation
The Congress party accused the Centre of using delimitation as a tool for a political "power grab" — characterised as "hissa chori" (share theft) — under the...
‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam’ will provide women leadership role in policy-making: Haryana CM
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini stated that the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam will provide women a leadership role in the country's policy-making by ...
Mallikarjun Kharge convenes meeting of Congress brass to discuss women quota, delimitation
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge convened a high-level meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) in Delhi to discuss strategy on the Women's Reser...
Telangana govt puts 2024 caste survey data in public domain
The Telangana government released the data of its 2024–25 caste survey — officially titled the Telangana Socio, Economic, Educational, Employment, Political ...
Stalin vs Centre: Why is Tamil Nadu protesting the delimitation bill
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced a state-wide black flag protest against the Centre's proposed delimitation exercise, calling it a "grave dang...
Southern CMs oppose delimitation push, seek wider consultations; Vijayan calls for bill to be dropped
Chief Ministers of Karnataka, Kerala, and Telangana — Siddaramaiah, Pinarayi Vijayan, and Revanth Reddy — met and issued a joint statement opposing the Centr...
Implementation of Section 51A of UAPA, 1967: Updates to UNSC’s 1988 (2011) Taliban Sanctions List: Amendment of 04 Entries
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a notification (RBI/2026-27/12) on April 15, 2026, directing all regulated financial entities to implement amendments ...
Delimitation bill has provision for EC to conduct exercise in Pak-occupied J&K
The Union Government circulated The Delimitation Bill, 2026 among Members of Parliament, proposing to replace the Delimitation Act, 2002, as part of a specia...
For FDI, E-comm exports must be in separate cart
The government is evaluating a proposal to permit Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the inventory-based e-commerce model, but exclusively for export-bound g...
Women’s quota: Govt for House at 850, delimitation on 2011 Census
The government circulated three Bills in Parliament on April 14, 2026, to enable fresh delimitation, expand the Lok Sabha, and operationalise women's reserva...
Delimitation is the BJP’s tool to divide Bengal and India, says Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee condemned the government's Delimitation Bills, calling them a "BJP tool t...
Women’s reservation Bill rushed by govt. to sidestep caste count, says Akhilesh
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav accused the Union government of rushing the Women's Reservation Bill implementation without including caste data fro...
Stalin warns of massive protests against delimitation; Revanth calls for united southern front
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin issued a "final warning" to the Prime Minister, threatening massive protests that would bring the state "to a standstil...
Centre moots inter-State redistribution of Lok Sabha seats based on 2011 Census
The Union government circulated draft texts of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill and a new Delimitation Bill, proposing to increase Lok Sabha strength ...
PM Modi invokes Ambedkar to pitch for women's quota
On the occasion of B.R. Ambedkar's birth anniversary (April 14), PM Modi linked the proposed amendment to the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam with Ambedkar's co...
Mizoram signs peace pact with HPC-D (LF), charts development plan for Sinlung Hills
The Mizoram government signed a Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) with the Lalhmingthanga Sanate-led faction of the Hmar People's Convention-Democratic (HPC-D) ...
Cong: Bill deeply flawed bid for unconstitutional delimitation
Congress General Secretary K.C. Venugopal termed the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, "extremely ill-timed," alleging the government was attempting...
Lok Sabha seats to be increased to maximum of 850 to accommodate Women's Reservation Bill
The Union Government circulated the draft Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, which proposes increasing the strength of the Lok Sabha from the existin...
Bills on delimitation, expanded Lok Sabha, women’s quota rollout revealed: What they say
The government revealed a three-Bill package ahead of the Special Parliament Session on April 16–17, 2026: (1) Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 — ex...