Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
PM Modi puts women's quota back on table, makes fresh pitch to opposition
A renewed appeal for cross-party political consensus was made to operationalise the 33% women's reservation in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies...
How will caste be recorded in second phase of Census 2027? | Explained
The Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RGCCI) notified 40 questions for the household schedule to be used in the second phase (Population En...
80 years of food security, the next step: Building a nutrition-secure rural India
A recent report, marking roughly eight decades of India's food-security policy journey, argues that the next phase of reform must shift focus from calorie-su...
Caste, COVID vaccine, bank accounts, voter/aadhaar: The big changes in census 2027
The Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RGCCI) notified a 40-question household schedule for the population enumeration phase of Census 2027....
Independence Day 2026: PM Modi appeals to Oppn. to help implement women quota, says ‘you may take the credit’
In the Independence Day address delivered from the Red Fort, a call was made for political consensus to operationalise the 33% reservation for women in the L...
40 queries in Census Phase-II: Caste, bank accounts, Covid jabs...
The Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India has notified a roughly 40-question format for the Population Enumeration (second) phase of Census 2027...
Supreme Court urges Kuki, Meitei groups to make peace, remove blockade on highways
A three-judge Supreme Court bench, in a writ petition filed by the Kuki Women Organisation for Human Rights against the State of Manipur, heard submissions o...
CBDC-based DBT launched for PMGKAY beneficiaries in Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli
A Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)-based Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) model was launched for beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojan...
Internship scheme aims to bridge skill gap among youth: Nirmala Sitharaman
The PM Internship Scheme (PMIS) was highlighted as designed to bridge the gap between industry skill requirements and the skill sets of job seekers Industry ...
Caste Census 2027: Full list of questions to be asked in the second phase of Census
The Population Enumeration (PE) phase — the second and main phase of Census 2027 — will record caste identity for every resident, not only Scheduled Castes a...
Census 2027 to have 40 questions, including details of caste, COVID vaccination, ID proofs
The questionnaire for Census 2027 has been finalised, covering close to 40 questions to be asked of households, including caste details, COVID-19 vaccination...
Swachh Bharat Mission: Liquid waste management covers 5.63 lakh villages
Liquid waste management infrastructure under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) now covers 5.63 lakh villages The programme is expanding beyond individual/c...
India’s cheap-urea model faces an expensive reckoning
India's fertilizer subsidy bill is coming under renewed strain as global prices of urea and Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) have risen sharply due to global supp...
'This is your last chance': SC ultimatum to Centre over delay in front-of-pack food warning labels
The Supreme Court expressed strong disapproval of the continuing delay by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) in finalising front-of-pac...
Supreme Court agrees to take up MP’s plea against use of face-recognition tech on NEET-UG protesters
The Supreme Court has agreed to examine a petition challenging the use of facial recognition technology (FRT) and other biometric surveillance tools by polic...
Panel seeks review of FDI in private hospitals, warns of aggressive corporatisation, rising healthcare costs
The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare tabled its 176th Report on "Affordability and Accessibility of Healthcar...
FSSAI tightens pan masala packaging norms; bans plastic, foil and synthetic laminates
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has amended packaging norms to prohibit plastic, aluminium foil, metallized layers, and synthetic la...
Government proposes 40% hike in SC/ST atrocity compensation to up to Rs 12 lakh
A proposal has been put forward to raise the maximum relief/compensation payable to victims under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention o...
Census 2027 to also include transgender-headed households, Rajya Sabha told
The government informed the Rajya Sabha that Census 2027 will record the sex of the head of household as Male, Female, or Transgender, extending recognition ...
Allahabad HC upholds religious conversion of two women, orders UP govt. and father to pay ₹25 lakh compensation
The Allahabad High Court allowed a habeas corpus petition concerning two adult sisters, aged 35 and 20, who had converted to Islam and were confined at their...