Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
As UCC debate resurfaces in poll-bound states, remembering what Ambedkar said in Constituent Assembly
As West Bengal and Assam head into state elections, the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has re-emerged as a major campaign issue, with the BJP promising to implemen...
Delimitation, women’s reservation, balancing North-South divide: Key takeaways from govt’s proposed Bills
The Union Government introduced three Bills in the Special Parliament Session (April 16–17, 2026): Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill; Delimitation Bill, 20...
Opposition support crucial to pass women’s reservation and delimitation Bills
Opposition parties and some NDA allies flagged serious concerns about ambiguity in the proposed delimitation exercise and its implications for federal balanc...
Lok Sabha expansion to 850 seats: Bill adopts ‘delimitation-first’ model, triggers federal concerns
The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 adopts a "delimitation-first" approach, allowing constituency redrawing to proceed using available census data ...
Proportional freeze, ‘latest Census’ & 850 seats in LS—what’s in new delimitation, women’s quota Bills
The Union Government circulated copies of three Bills to MPs ahead of the Special Parliament Session on April 16–17, 2026: (1) Constitution (131st Amendment)...
China says policy to improve relations with India remains unchanged
China stated that its policy to improve relations with India remains unchanged, even as fresh controversy arose over China's practice of assigning fictitious...
Implementing women's reservation in 2029 elections is collective sentiment of nation: PM Modi
The Prime Minister stated that implementing women's reservation for the 2029 elections is the "collective sentiment of the nation" The statement follows the ...
Constitution Amendment Bill proposes fresh delimitation, possible change in size of State Assemblies
The proposed Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 will not only affect Lok Sabha seat numbers but also alter the total number of seats in State Legislat...
Mint Explainer: Why govt wants stricter gold hallmarking and what will change for buyers
The government is mandating that jewellers link photographs and physical dimensions to every hallmarked gold jewellery piece, creating a comprehensive digita...
Inside India’s deportation policy: timelines to speed up deportation of illegal migrants, holding centres with 10-ft.-high barbed wire boundary
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued a new deportation policy directing all states and Union Territories to set up a Special Task Force (STF) in eac...
'Tamil Nadu will fight': CM Stalin warns PM Modi over north gain in delimitation
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin issued a stern warning to the central government against pushing a constitutional amendment on delimitation during the ...
Southern states to benefit in enhanced Lok Sabha: Kiren Rijiju
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju stated that southern states will gain seats — not lose them — when the Lok Sabha is expanded to a maximum o...
Kharge to host key opposition huddle before Parliament sitting on women’s quota law, delimitation
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge announced an opposition coordination meeting for April 15 — the day before the special Parliament session — to formulat...
Delimitation: Revanth asks southern CMs to join forces, seeks PM to convene all-party meet
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy proposed a "hybrid model" for the upcoming delimitation exercise, suggesting that of the 307 additional Lok Sabha s...
48 hours to session, no bill in sight: Derek O'Brien on bills on women reservation, delimitation
Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Derek O'Brien criticised the central government for not sharing the draft bills with Members of Parliament even 48 hours befo...
Justice Badar panel report on SC sub-classification should be made public: Prakash Ambedkar
Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) president Prakash Ambedkar demanded that the Justice Badar committee's report on sub-classification within Scheduled Castes be m...
For 33% quota for women before next parliamentary polls, Lok Sabha seats to be increased to up to 850
The Union Government introduced the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, proposing to expand the Lok Sabha from 543 to a maximum of 850 seats (815 from...
Parliament on verge of history, says PM Modi, as it readies to take up women's bills
A special session of Parliament was announced from April 16–18, 2026, to take up legislation related to the implementation of women's reservation in elected ...
Why Opposition may not back women’s quota changes: Delimitation, caste census concerns
With the government proposing to amend the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam (106th Constitutional Amendment, 2023) to delink the commencement of women's reservat...
Person born in India has right to remain on electoral roll, vote: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, while hearing a petition related to the deletion of voter names from West Bengal's electoral rolls under the Special Intensive Revision (S...