Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
Government confident of cross-party support for women’s quota bills
The Union government plans to reconvene Parliament for a special session to pass amendments enabling the implementation of the Women's Reservation Act (106th...
Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026: Rationalizing Compliance and Decriminalizing Minor Offences in the Health Sector
Parliament passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, amending 784 provisions across 79 Central Acts administered by 23 Ministries. Of thes...
Jan Vishwas Bill 2026: Govt's big law decriminalises 717 offences, replaces jail with fines
Parliament has passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, with both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha approving it by voice vote. The Bill decrimin...
Fresh IBC amendments: How govt looks to plug gaps in insolvency code
Parliament passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2026 on April 1, 2026 to address systemic weaknesses that had accumulated since the IB...
Fear of the foreign: On the FCRA amendments
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 25, 2026 by Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Ra...
Great Nicobar Project: Draft plan to ‘relocate’ affected Nicobarese families creates confusion
A draft plan for the "relocation" of Nicobarese tribal families affected by the Great Nicobar Island (GNI) Development Project has been circulated, but it ha...
Union Home Ministry revises classification of districts affected by left-wing extremism
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has revised the classification system for districts affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE), replacing the single "Mos...
Government hopes to clear 5 crore pending cases with Jan Vishwas Bill
Following the passage of the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, the government has directed central departments and public prosecutors to proa...
Decriminalising healthcare: Jail terms scrapped for minor violations as Parliament clears Jan Vishwas Bill
Parliament passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026 — the Rajya Sabha cleared it after the Lok Sabha had passed it earlier in the Budget S...
Explained: Supreme Court’s high bar for overturning enforcement of foreign arbitration awards
In Nagaraj V. Mylandla v. PI Opportunities Fund-I and Others (decided March 26, 2026), a bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Vinod Chandran of the Supreme Cou...
Karnataka tops under ‘Namo Drone Didi Yojana’
Karnataka has emerged as the top-performing state under the Namo Drone Didi Yojana, a central sector scheme that trains women from Self-Help Groups (SHGs) as...
India keeps plastic waste targets intact, but eases path to compliance
India has amended its plastic waste management rules to introduce new compliance flexibility provisions while retaining the core Extended Producer Responsibi...
All about Karnataka’s new Freedom Of Choice in Marriage Bill | Decode Karnataka
The Karnataka Legislature unanimously passed the Karnataka Freedom of Choice in Marriage and Prevention and Prohibition of Crimes in the Name of Honour and T...
Paid leave on polling days for all workers, including daily wage & casual staff: Election Commission
The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced that all employees — including daily wage workers, casual staff, and workers employed outside their home con...
NDMC to ease compliance as Jan Vishwas Bill pushes trust over punishment
Parliament has passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, which decriminalises 717 provisions across 80 Central laws by replacing criminal ...
Lok Sabha clears CAPF bill, opposition flags 15-year promotion freeze
The Lok Sabha passed the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026 by voice vote, following the Rajya Sabha's earlier passage amid an o...
Jan Vishwas Bill 'giant step' for ease of living, business: Shah
Parliament passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, amending 784 provisions across 79 Central Acts administered by 23 Ministries The bill...
Explained: Right to be considered for promotion as a fundamental right, and how it works in practice
The Supreme Court has reiterated the distinction between the right to be considered for promotion (a fundamental right under Article 16) and the right to pro...
How latest amendments to Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code promise a swifter resolution process
Parliament passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2026 on April 1, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stating the changes aim to a...
Failure of U.P. govt.: Oppn. after tigress found dead on railway track in Dudhwa buffer zone
A tigress estimated to be five to six years old was found dead near the Bankeyganj-Mailani railway track in the Mailani range of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve's buffe...