Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
33% women quota law notified, rollout awaits census and delimitation
The Union Law Ministry issued a gazette notification on April 16, 2026, bringing the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023 — the Women's R...
Establishing a vaccine injury compensation mechanism for India
A recent opinion piece argues that when the State strongly promotes mass vaccination as a civic duty — as it did during the COVID-19 immunisation drive — it ...
Census will list caste, says Amit Shah, rules out Muslim women's quota
The Union Home Minister announced in the Lok Sabha that the ongoing national Census exercise will include caste enumeration, reversing a post-Independence po...
2023 women’s quota law comes into force as NDA lacks numbers: What are the options before govt?
The Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023 — commonly called the Women's Reservation Act or Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam — was notified into force by the M...
Have ratified ILO treaties on forced labour: India on USTR probe charges
The US Trade Representative (USTR) initiated Section 301 investigations against 60 trading partners — including India — over alleged failures to prevent impo...
India’s rural models are shaping development diplomacy
A growing number of African governments are exploring India's Self-Help Group (SHG)-based livelihoods framework as a development model. India's DAY-NRLM (Dee...
Finally, Rohit Vemula Bill to safeguard SC/ST students gets Cabinet nod
The Karnataka Cabinet approved the draft of the Rohith Vemula (Protection of SC/ST and OBC Students from Caste Discrimination in Higher Educational Instituti...
Women’s Reservation Act 2023 comes into force: Gazette notification
The Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023 — popularly known as the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam — was brought into force through an official gazette notif...
Women Reservation Act 2023 comes into force: Notification
The Union Law Ministry issued a notification on April 16, 2026, specifying it as the date on which the provisions of the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth ...
‘If respected… wouldn’t use women politically,’ Priyanka Gandhi targets PM over Women’s Quota Bill
Parliament's special session saw sharp exchanges over the Women's Reservation Act, with opposition leaders questioning whether the government intends genuine...
From torn Bills, ‘parkati mahila’ jibe to 454 ayes: The long, turbulent road to women’s reservation
The Women's Reservation Act 2023 (106th Constitutional Amendment) represents the culmination of a 27-year legislative struggle that saw multiple bills introd...
Women’s reservation: How numbers stack up in Parliament
As Parliament debates the 131st Amendment and Delimitation Bill to operationalise women's reservation, data on current and projected women's representation p...
Muslim quota demand sets off clash in Lok Sabha as women’s reservation, delimitation Bills are introduced
During the special parliamentary session introducing the Women's Reservation and Delimitation Bills, members from several parties demanded the inclusion of a...
Pass the Bill, or women of India won’t forgive: PM to Parliament
The Prime Minister made an appeal to Parliament urging the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill, declaring that the women of India would not forgive lawma...
Why SP demanded quota for Muslim women despite Constitution hurdle
The Samajwadi Party (SP) demanded, during parliamentary debate on the Women's Reservation Act, that Muslim women be included in a dedicated sub-quota within ...
Meghwal introduces 3 Bills to advance women’s quota to 2029, says states’ share in expanded Lok Sabha won’t change
Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced three major Bills in the Lok Sabha during the special parliamentary session: (i) the Constitution (131st Amen...
As Lok Sabha discusses women’s quota, two Rajya Sabha women MPs weigh in: ‘There is a hidden intent’, ‘No question of seats being reduced’
During the Lok Sabha's consideration of the Women's Reservation Bill in 2023, women members of the Rajya Sabha offered perspectives on what parliamentary res...
Priyanka, Akhilesh lead Opposition onslaught: Govt using women quota to push delimitation, change electoral map
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra led a coordinated Opposition challenge in the Lok Sabha, arguing that the government was using ...
Will delaying the Census affect its implementation?
India's 16th decennial Census — originally due in 2021 — was repeatedly postponed, first due to COVID-19, then administrative factors, making it the longest ...
Any further delay in Census taking is perilous
A recent editorial argued that any further delay in conducting India's long-overdue population census carries perilous consequences for governance, welfare d...