Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
Why India’s pollution crisis persists despite funds and policies
Despite years of dedicated funding and policy initiatives, India's air pollution remains among the world's worst, with Delhi and NCR cities recording annual ...
Maharashtra depts ignored over 10,000 audit queries, says CAG; flags Rs 891 cr possible lapses
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, in its report tabled during the Maharashtra state assembly's budget session, flagged systemic deficiencie...
Census 2027 starts April 1, digital mode means data will be available same year
House-listing and Housing Census operations for Census 2027 begin on April 1, 2026, marking the formal start of India's most-delayed census (last held in 201...
IBC amendments to speed up resolutions, boost stakeholder value, says Finance Minister
The Lok Sabha passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill 2025 on March 30, 2026, introducing a package of 12 amendments aimed at speeding up ...
Independent news creators on Centre’s radar as it seeks tighter control over content posted online
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has proposed amendments to Rule 8 of the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics ...
Shielding ‘choice’ from ‘honour’
The Karnataka Legislative Assembly passed the Karnataka Freedom of Choice in Marriage and Prevention and Prohibition of Crimes in the Name of Honour and Trad...
Ensuring federalism within delimitation
With Census 2027 formally starting on April 1, 2026, the delimitation debate has moved from abstract constitutional discussion to immediate political reality...
IRDAI approves India AS framework for insurers from April 1
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) approved the India AS (Indian Accounting Standards) framework for implementation by all c...
Putting trans people under OBC quota gives no real benefit, says Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court, in Ganga Kumari v. State of Rajasthan (2026), held that Rajasthan's notification placing transgender persons within the general OBC...
Centre eyes new regulation to cover social media users
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) published proposed amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digit...
Transgender Amendment Bill gets President Murmu’s assent
President Droupadi Murmu granted assent to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, making it law. A day before assent, over 140 ...
On the implications of euthanasia in India
The Supreme Court of India, in Harish Rana v. Union of India (2026), authorised the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment for Harish Rana, a 32-year-old ma...
NDA cites fall in Naxalism; Opposition flags deeper issues
Parliament witnessed a wide-ranging debate on Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) on March 30, 2026, a day before the government's self-imposed deadline of March 31, 2...
IBC helped banks recover 52% bad loans: Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told Lok Sabha that the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) contributed ₹54,528 crore out of total bank bad-loan recover...
Census 2027: Caste enumeration to be conducted in Phase 2 as self-enumeration begins on April 1
The first phase of Census 2027 — House Listing and Housing Operations — formally begins on April 1, 2026, making it the first phase of India's 16th national ...
Lok Sabha passes Bill to amend Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code: Sitharaman says law helped improve banking sector’s health
The Lok Sabha passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2025, introducing a new pre-packaged insolvency mechanism alongside the existing Co...
Home ministry’s AI vision: Predictive policing, dark web monitoring, and end of mule accounts
A Parliamentary Standing Committee report titled "Impact of emergence of Artificial Intelligence and related issues" was tabled in Lok Sabha on 30 March 2026...
Bill seeking divisional status for Jammu’s Pir Panjal and Chenab Valley: Politics behind it, and financial implications
PDP MLA Waheed Para has introduced the Jammu and Kashmir Territorial Administrative Reorganisation Bill, 2026, a Private Member's Bill in the J&K Legislative...
IBC amendments boost transparency, strengthen insolvency framework: Sitharaman
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2025 — tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during the Budget Session 2026 — was passed by Lok ...
India’s Apr-Feb fiscal deficit hits 80% of FY26 target
India's central government fiscal deficit for the April–February period of FY2025–26 stood at ₹12.53 lakh crore — equivalent to 80.4% of the full-year budget...