Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
Cabinet okays plan to put Vande Mataram on a par with Jana Gana Mana
The Union Cabinet approved an amendment to the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, to extend its protections to Vande Mataram, India's nation...
Number of Supreme Court judges to rise from 34 to 38
The Union Cabinet approved a proposal to increase the sanctioned strength of Supreme Court judges from 34 to 38 (including the Chief Justice of India), addin...
Any casteist exclusion cannot be part of religion, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, in observations made during a bench hearing, held that any religious practice that involves the exclusion of certain castes cannot be trea...
How ‘bulldozer justice’ undermines the law
On November 13, 2024, a Supreme Court bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and K.V. Viswanathan delivered a landmark judgment in "In Re: Directions in the Matter of ...
CIC recommends DoPT include sub-caste data in UPSC results to broaden reach of affirmative action
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has recommended that the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) include sub-caste details alongside the existin...
Union Cabinet raises sugarcane FRP by ₹10 per quintal
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved a Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of ₹365 per quintal for sugarcane for the sugar season 2026-27 ...
Cabinet clears amendment to make insult to Vande Mataram a punishable offence
The Union Cabinet approved an amendment to the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, to bring Vande Mataram (the national song) under the same ...
Cabinet clears Bill to increase strength of SC judges to 38 from 34
The Union Cabinet cleared a proposal to introduce The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, which will raise the total sanctioned strength o...
Explained: How a new Central government SOP aims to accelerate FDI for priority sectors
DPIIT issued a detailed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on 4 May 2026 to streamline and time-bound the processing of FDI proposals that require government...
Govt issues updated SOPs on FDI proposals fixing 12-week timeline, paperless process
DPIIT has released an updated Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) governing the processing of all FDI proposals that require prior government approval. The he...
Cabinet approves guarantee for ₹2.55 lakh cr credit to MSME, non-MSME, airlines
The Union Cabinet approved the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) 5.0 — the fifth edition of the scheme — targeted at businesses facing liquidity...
Centre notifies South Coast Railway Zone with Visakhapatnam as HQ
The Centre issued a gazette notification establishing the South Coast Railway (SCoR) Zone as India's 18th railway zone, with headquarters at Visakhapatnam, A...
Cabinet approves four more judges for Supreme Court
The Union Cabinet approved a proposal to introduce legislation in Parliament to increase the Supreme Court's sanctioned judge strength from 34 to 38 — an add...
Indian Cabinet approves ₹5,659 crore for 5-year tenure Cotton Productivity Mission
The Union Cabinet approved the Mission for Cotton Productivity with a total outlay of ₹5,659.22 crore for five years (2026-27 to 2030-31), targeting self-suf...
Cabinet approves ₹10/quintal hike in sugarcane price for 2026-27 season
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved a ₹10 per quintal increase in the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane for the Sugar Seas...
Government specifies 12-week limit to process FDI applications under new rules
DPIIT (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) has issued an updated Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for processing foreign direct invest...
‘Will boost speedy justice’: Amit Shah on bill to increase SC strength
Following the Union Cabinet's clearance of the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, the government articulated three policy rationales for ...
DPIIT issues updated SOP for processing FDI applications
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) issued a revised Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) dated 4 May 2026 for processing Forei...
Government specifies 40 sub-sectors for faster clearance of FDI proposals from land-bordering nations
The Union Cabinet approved amendments to India's FDI framework governing investments from countries sharing a land border — including China, Pakistan, Bangla...
Centre strengthens Supreme Court: Number of judges to be increased from 33 to 37
The Union Cabinet approved a proposal to introduce The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026 in Parliament, seeking to raise the number of Su...