Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
Labour reforms: Government fully operationalises four new codes by publishing rules
The central government fully operationalised all four new Labour Codes by publishing the final rules required for enforcement, completing a process that bega...
Karnataka High Court permits two transgender persons to continue hormone replacement therapy
The Karnataka High Court granted interim relief permitting two transgender women to continue their ongoing hormone replacement therapy (HRT), subject to the ...
Aggregators to be charged interest at 12% per annum if they fail to contribute toward social security of their gig workers
Under the rules notified for the Code on Social Security 2020, aggregator platforms that fail to make timely social security contributions for their gig and ...
PMJJBY, PMSBY settle claims worth Rs 25,160 cr since their launch in 2015
The three Jan Suraksha schemes — Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), and Atal Pension Yojana (APY)...
Labour reforms: Govt fully operationalises four new codes by publishing rules
The Union Government fully operationalised four new labour codes by notifying all accompanying rules, completing a reform process that had been underway for ...
Finance ministry links government procurement with labour law compliance
The Procurement Policy Division of the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, issued an Office Memorandum on May 8, 2026, directing all central mini...
Calcutta High Court to hear pleas against Great Nicobar project in June; overrules Centre’s objections
The Calcutta High Court has upheld the maintainability of Public Interest Litigations (PILs) challenging alleged violations of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 in...
Niti Aayog flags poor student retention, learning outcomes in report
Niti Aayog released a comprehensive policy report on India's school education system, flagging persistent poor student retention rates and weak learning outc...
MGNREGS coverage and workdays fell sharply in 2025–26: LibTech India
A study by LibTech India, a research organisation that monitors rural employment schemes, found a national average decline of 10.4 percent in MGNREGS workday...
Calcutta HC to hear pleas against Great Nicobar project in June; overrules Centre’s objections
The Calcutta High Court has upheld the maintainability of Public Interest Litigations (PILs) challenging alleged violations of the Forest Rights Act, 2006, i...
India’s school system is failing the test. NITI Aayog flags dropouts, weak learning outcomes
NITI Aayog released a report titled "School Education System in India: Temporal Analysis and Policy Roadmap for Quality Enhancement," analysing a decade of d...
MSME min scheme created 36 L jobs during FY22-26
The Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), the flagship self-employment scheme under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, ...
Farm suicides dipped marginally in 2024, but continue at rate of one every hour in India: NCRB
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released its Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India (ADSI) 2024 report on 7 May 2026, recording 10,546 farm sector ...
Karnataka set to approach SC to implement MGNREGA for this year
The Karnataka government announced its decision to approach the Supreme Court seeking permission to continue implementing MGNREGA for the current financial y...
Centre launches scheme for free health check-ups for workers
The Union Ministry of Labour and Employment launched a nationwide free annual health check-up initiative for workers covered under the Employees' State Insur...
Karnataka to approach SC seeking permission to continue MGNREGA
The Karnataka Cabinet resolved to petition the Supreme Court for permission to continue implementing MGNREGA within the state after Parliament repealed the l...
Understanding inequality in India’s growth story
Standard inequality measures — particularly the consumption-based Gini coefficient — show India's inequality declining, with the coefficient falling from 28....
Those forced to consume acid also entitled to state support: Why SC expanded definition of ‘acid attack victim’
The Supreme Court expanded the definition of "acid attack victim" under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016 to include persons who have ...
Sabarimala hearing: SC questions maintainability of PILs on Dawoodi Bohra excommunication
During hearings before a nine-judge Constitution Bench in the Sabarimala reference case, the Supreme Court questioned the maintainability of PILs challenging...
In bid to decentralise school governance, Centre mandates, empowers local committees
The Union Ministry of Education has launched revised School Management Committee (SMC) Guidelines 2026, extending the SMC mandate — previously applicable onl...