Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
Women’s quota — rhetoric and reality
The Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023 — officially titled the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam — passed in a Special Session of Parliament on September 21...
Women’s quota, panchayats to Parliament
With the Women's Reservation Act (106th Amendment) formally notified in April 2026, attention has turned to lessons from three decades of women's reservation...
No population Census — in the dark without vital data
An analytical opinion piece examines India's unprecedented census delay — the first gap in the country's 150-year census history — and its wide-ranging conse...
RTE hurt school learning outcomes, affecting both reading & math proficiency—NITI Aayog working paper
A NITI Aayog working paper authored by one of its members presents a data-intensive assessment concluding that the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009 may hav...
No reservation to Muslims; quota on basis of religion unconstitutional: Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah made two significant statements in the Lok Sabha during the special session on April 16, 2026. First: Religion-based quotas for...
‘Take the credit’: PM Modi offers ‘blank cheque’ to Opposition on women’s reservation bill
PM Modi addressed the Lok Sabha during the special session, urging the opposition to accept the government's proposal and even "take the credit" for the wome...
'Smells of politics': Priyanka Gandhi targets PM Modi over women's quota bill, says delimitation plan 'attack on democracy'
Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra led the Opposition's floor arguments in Lok Sabha against the government's Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, calli...
'Our country all set to take historic step towards women's empowerment': PM Modi ahead of special Parliament sitting
Ahead of the special Parliament session where the 131st Constitutional Amendment Bill and Delimitation Bill were to be introduced, Prime Minister Modi descri...
'False narrative': Amit Shah rejects claims delimitation will weaken southern states
During a Parliament special session on April 16, 2026, the Home Minister rebutted claims that southern states would see reduced representation following Lok ...
'Political demonetisation': Tharoor slams Centre for linking women’s reservation with delimitation
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor argued strongly for delinking women's reservation from the delimitation process, urging the government to implement the 33% quota ...
If Chankaya was alive, he would've been startled by your political shrewdness: Priyanka to Shah
During the Lok Sabha debate on the three bills, a Congress MP contested the government's narrative that it was the driving force behind women's reservation, ...
Women's Reservation Rollout by 2029: Arunachal CM Pema Khandu flags April 16–18 special session
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu endorsed the special Parliament session (April 16–18, 2026), calling the women's reservation bill "transformativ...
Amid firestorm over delimitation, Bengal, TN polls, why Parliament should rise to clear women’s quota
Amid the intense political controversy over the delimitation provisions in the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill 2026, analysis and commentary examined whe...
Will Chhattisgarh be next to adopt UCC? Panel ready to meet public and experts
The Chhattisgarh government has constituted a high-level committee to examine the feasibility of implementing a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state, follow...
12L households in 11 states/UTs self-enumerate for Census 2027
Over 12 lakh (1.2 million) households across 11 states and Union Territories have opted for the self-enumeration facility under Census 2027 — India's first f...
Fighting precarity and a phantom boss, gig workers join wider labour unrest
India's gig and platform workers — delivery riders, cab drivers, and app-based service providers — are joining a broader wave of labour unrest, with strikes ...
India to decide women's quota bill as row over parliamentary seats intensifies
Southern Indian states have launched mass mobilisation against the Union government's proposal to link the operationalisation of women's reservation in Parli...
Kargil bloc rejects Ladakh territorial council, sticks to statehood, Sixth Schedule
The Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) formally rejected the Centre's proposed "Ladakh Territorial Council" model, reiterating its demand for full statehood an...
Door-to-door house listing of Census 2027 to begin across Karnataka on April 16
Door-to-door house listing — the first phase of Census 2027 — commenced across Karnataka on April 16, 2026, making it one of the first states to begin field ...
Allahabad High Court flags lodging of ‘fake FIRs’ under anti-conversion law in Uttar Pradesh
The Allahabad High Court raised serious concerns about the misuse of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, noting that ...