Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
‘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)...
Reducing fertiliser import dependence vital: Jat, Secretary DARE
M.L. Jat, Secretary of the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) and Director General of ICAR, flagged that India consumes nearly 33 milli...
Implementing women's reservation in 2029 elections is collective sentiment of nation: PM Modi
The Prime Minister stated that implementing women's reservation for the 2029 elections is the "collective sentiment of the nation" The statement follows the ...
Inside India’s deportation policy: timelines to speed up deportation of illegal migrants, holding centres with 10-ft.-high barbed wire boundary
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued a new deportation policy directing all states and Union Territories to set up a Special Task Force (STF) in eac...
48 hours to session, no bill in sight: Derek O'Brien on bills on women reservation, delimitation
Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Derek O'Brien criticised the central government for not sharing the draft bills with Members of Parliament even 48 hours befo...
Justice Badar panel report on SC sub-classification should be made public: Prakash Ambedkar
Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) president Prakash Ambedkar demanded that the Justice Badar committee's report on sub-classification within Scheduled Castes be m...
For 33% quota for women before next parliamentary polls, Lok Sabha seats to be increased to up to 850
The Union Government introduced the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, proposing to expand the Lok Sabha from 543 to a maximum of 850 seats (815 from...
Parliament on verge of history, says PM Modi, as it readies to take up women's bills
A special session of Parliament was announced from April 16–18, 2026, to take up legislation related to the implementation of women's reservation in elected ...
Why Opposition may not back women’s quota changes: Delimitation, caste census concerns
With the government proposing to amend the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam (106th Constitutional Amendment, 2023) to delink the commencement of women's reservat...
Rise in middle class vulnerability
A World Bank policy paper argues that India's welfare analysis must shift from simply counting people below a poverty line to measuring how far people are fr...
Panel examining SC status for Dalits post-conversion gets a third extension
The Commission of Inquiry chaired by former Chief Justice of India Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, set up to examine whether Scheduled Caste (SC) status and assoc...
Punjab Assembly passes Bill with strict provisions against acts of sacrilege
The Punjab State Assembly passed the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Bill, 2026, providing life imprisonment and a fine of up to Rs 25 la...
Opposition slams delimitation formula in women's quota bill
Opposition leaders across parties united to challenge the Modi government's approach to implementing the Women's Reservation Act (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniya...
Resisting delimitation can be more harmful for southern States
Analysis of the government's proposed delimitation formula suggests that southern states may actually gain more from participating constructively in the proc...
SC wants govt response to PIL seeking hike in MSP for grains
The Supreme Court sought responses from the Centre and states on a PIL demanding MSP for farmers that at minimum covers C2 (comprehensive cost of production)...
‘Parliament making history’: PM Modi says special session to end decades of wait for women’s reservation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi convened a special three-day session of Parliament beginning April 16, 2026, to introduce amendments enabling implementation of ...