Polity & Governance
Economics
4 min
Next instalment of Kisan Nidhi to reach farmers on March 13
The central government credited the 22nd instalment of PM-KISAN (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi) to the bank accounts of approximately 9 crore farmers on ...
Geography
Polity & Governance
4 min
Recent rise in deaths, property damage due to building collapses: Union Home Secretary
Union Home Secretary flagged a recent increase in deaths and property damage caused by building collapses across India, indicating an escalating urban struct...
Social Issues
Polity & Governance
6 min
Government plans to raise income limit for post-matric scholarship for SCs, OBCs, DNTs from 2026-27 onwards
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment announced plans to raise the parental income ceiling for post-matric scholarships for Scheduled Caste (SC), Ot...
Polity & Governance
Science & Technology
6 min
CDSCO issues advisory to prevent misleading promotion of prescription drugs for obesity
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) issued an advisory on March 11, 2026, directing pharmaceutical companies not to engage in any promoti...
Polity & Governance
Economics
5 min
What is Essential Commodities Act, why has it been invoked for LPG supply?
The Government of India invoked the Essential Commodities Act (ECA), 1955 in early March 2026 to address potential LPG and natural gas supply disruptions tri...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
6 min
New EPS rules leave out clause on higher pension
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) notified revised Employees' Pension Scheme (EPS) rules that omit the provision — formerly under Paragraph 1...
Polity & Governance
6 min
Supreme Court judge distinguishes between active and passive euthanasia
In Harish Rana v. Union of India (2026 INSC 222), a Supreme Court bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan permitted — for the first time in Ind...
Polity & Governance
Internal Security
5 min
Parliament likely to take up Bill to codify IPS deputation in CAPFs this session
The Union Cabinet approved a draft of the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, expected to be introduced in Parliament during the curre...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
5 min
Meghalaya govt postpones Garo Hills polls after violence
The Meghalaya government postponed elections to the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC), which were scheduled for April 10, 2026, following violen...
Polity & Governance
5 min
Oppn motion against Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla defeated by voice vote
The Lok Sabha on March 11, 2026, defeated the opposition's no-confidence resolution seeking the removal of Speaker Om Birla, with a voice vote going in favou...
Polity & Governance
5 min
Uttarakhand HC declares state PSC rule on answer sheet verification unconstitutional
A division bench of the Uttarakhand High Court, comprising Chief Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta and Justice Subhash Upadhyay, declared as unconstitutional a provi...
Polity & Governance
5 min
For CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s impeachment motion, what are Opposition’s key grounds
Opposition parties led by the Trinamool Congress submitted a formal motion for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar in both the Lok...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
5 min
Supreme Court applies passive euthanasia framework for first time: Here is what the law says
In a historic first, the Supreme Court of India applied its own passive euthanasia framework to a real case — granting permission to withdraw life support fr...
Polity & Governance
Economics
5 min
What is the Essential Commodities Act, invoked by the Centre amidst the West Asian crisis?
The Central Government invoked the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (ECA) to regulate LPG supplies amid the shortage caused by disruption to West Asian import...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
5 min
India's top court allows removal of life support of man in vegetative state
The Supreme Court of India, for the first time in the country's history, permitted the withdrawal of life support from a patient in a permanent vegetative st...
Economics
Polity & Governance
5 min
Land of milk and no money? Bread basket Punjab hits rock bottom in NITI Aayog Fiscal Health Index
Punjab ranks at the bottom of NITI Aayog's Fiscal Health Index (FHI) 2026, which assesses the fiscal performance of 18 major states for FY 2023-24, despite t...
Polity & Governance
4 min
Interest of the state to preserve life cannot overpower right to dignified death: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upheld the withdrawal of life support for a 32-year-old man (Harish Rana case) who had been in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) for over...
Agriculture & Food Security
Polity & Governance
4 min
Centre urges farmers to complete e-KYC before release of 22nd PM-KISAN instalment on March 13
The Prime Minister released the 22nd instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme on March 13, 2026, at an event in Guwahati, Assam....
Social Issues
Polity & Governance
4 min
Only 7 Indian states have dedicated police stations for SC/ST cases. Hotbeds UP & Rajasthan have none
A parliamentary panel found that India has only 181 special police stations dedicated to handling atrocity cases against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe...
Polity & Governance
4 min
PROVISIONS UNDER BNS
The government highlighted key provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, which came into force on 1 July 2024 replacing the Indian Penal Code, 1...