Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
SC says no religion superior to the other; TDB argues entry of ‘fertile’ women antithetical to Sabarimala deity
A nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, hearing the reference arising from the 2018 Sabarimala judgment, made the significant observation that ...
Flagging Centre’s ‘deceit’ over delimitation, Congress says move is to avoid caste census
The Congress party accused the Centre of "deliberate deceit" over the delimitation bills, claiming the government had earlier assured Parliament that any Lok...
Karnataka High Court directs State government to ‘strictly and faithfully’ implement menstrual leave policy
The Karnataka High Court directed the Karnataka state government to "strictly and faithfully" follow the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, in a significa...
Activists seek delinking of women’s reservation from Census, delimitation
Women's rights activists, civil society organisations, and feminist legal scholars publicly demanded that the government delink women's parliamentary reserva...
Delimitation: Stalin announces state-wide black flag protest, says Centre will pay 'heavy price'
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced a state-wide black-flag protest on April 16, 2026 — the day Parliament's special session begins to consider t...
Mayawati bats for sub-quota for SC, ST, OBC women within 33% reservation
BSP chief Mayawati backed the Women's Reservation Bill and the government's proposal to implement 33% reservation for women in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies...
Women's Reservation Bill, a historic step towards Women's empowerment: CM Rekha Gupta
As the Union government introduced its three-bill package in a special Parliament session (April 16–18, 2026), the Women's Reservation Act was once again bro...
'Women’s reservation bill already passed': Congress accuses Centre of 'hissa chori' using delimitation
The Congress party accused the Centre of using delimitation as a tool for a political "power grab" — characterised as "hissa chori" (share theft) — under the...
India’s unemployment hits five-month high of 5.1% in March: PLFS
India's unemployment rate rose to 5.1% in March 2026, up from 4.9% in February, marking the highest level since October 2025, according to the monthly bullet...
‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam’ will provide women leadership role in policy-making: Haryana CM
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini stated that the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam will provide women a leadership role in the country's policy-making by ...
Mallikarjun Kharge convenes meeting of Congress brass to discuss women quota, delimitation
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge convened a high-level meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) in Delhi to discuss strategy on the Women's Reser...
Telangana govt puts 2024 caste survey data in public domain
The Telangana government released the data of its 2024–25 caste survey — officially titled the Telangana Socio, Economic, Educational, Employment, Political ...
Women’s reservation Bill rushed by govt. to sidestep caste count, says Akhilesh
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav accused the Union government of rushing the Women's Reservation Bill implementation without including caste data fro...
PM Modi invokes Ambedkar to pitch for women's quota
On the occasion of B.R. Ambedkar's birth anniversary (April 14), PM Modi linked the proposed amendment to the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam with Ambedkar's co...
Decoding delimitation: What the new Bills propose to change, and why it matters
The government introduced a package of three Bills in April 2026 to restructure parliamentary representation, trigger delimitation using 2011 Census data, an...
‘Daughters can’t wait endlessly’: PM Modi issues open letter urging immediate passage of women’s quota
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote an open letter to the women of India and to parliamentary floor leaders of all parties, calling for unity in support of am...
As UCC debate resurfaces in poll-bound states, remembering what Ambedkar said in Constituent Assembly
As West Bengal and Assam head into state elections, the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has re-emerged as a major campaign issue, with the BJP promising to implemen...
Delimitation, women’s reservation, balancing North-South divide: Key takeaways from govt’s proposed Bills
The Union Government introduced three Bills in the Special Parliament Session (April 16–17, 2026): Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill; Delimitation Bill, 20...
West Asia conflict threatens to push 2.5 million people in India into poverty: UNDP report
A UNDP report titled "Military Escalation in the Middle East: Human Development Impacts Across Asia and the Pacific" warns that the ongoing US-Iran conflict ...
Proportional freeze, ‘latest Census’ & 850 seats in LS—what’s in new delimitation, women’s quota Bills
The Union Government circulated copies of three Bills to MPs ahead of the Special Parliament Session on April 16–17, 2026: (1) Constitution (131st Amendment)...