Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
TN CM Stalin opposes amendment to FCRA, alleges proposed move attack on minority institutions
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin issued a strong condemnation of the proposed Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, calling it a "direc...
PM Modi completes self-enumeration as digital census begins
India's Census 2027 — the country's first fully digital census — formally commenced on April 1, 2026, with President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narend...
Corridor of opportunity: On the end of Left Wing Extremism
India has reached a landmark inflection point in its decades-long battle against Left Wing Extremism (LWE), with the government declaring the effective end o...
55,000 households use Census self-enumeration portal on day one
India launched Census 2027 on April 1, 2026, beginning with Phase 1: the House Listing and Housing Census — the first fully digital census in the country's h...
SKILL INDIA DIGITAL HUB (SIDH) 2.0
Parliament was informed that the Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH) has been integrated with the e-Shram portal, enabling e-Shram's registered unorganised sector...
SAFETY AND WELFARE OF SANITATION WORKERS
Parliament was informed that under the National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE) scheme, the identification and profiling of sanitation w...
NASHA MUKT BHARAT ABHIYAN
Parliament was informed that Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA), launched on 15 August 2020 in 272 most-vulnerable districts, has been extended to all distric...
SHRESHTA SCHEME
Parliament received data on the SHRESHTA (Scheme for Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas) scheme, detailing state-wise admis...
SOCIAL SECURITY FOR SENIOR CITIZENS
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment reported to Parliament that its umbrella scheme — Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana (AVYAY) — has benefited 37,77,133 ...
Amit Shah self-enumerates for Census 2027, urges people to cooperate in ‘national duty’
Union Home Minister Amit Shah completed the self-enumeration exercise for Census 2027 on April 1, 2026, becoming among the first senior government functionar...
Census 2027 begins: President Murmu, PM Modi among leaders completing self-enumeration
India's Census 2027 officially launched on April 1, 2026, with the first-ever self-enumeration phase allowing citizens to submit their own demographic data o...
Census 2027 begins today: First digital headcount, 33 questions in Phase 1; 10 things to know
Phase 1 of Census 2027 — the House Listing and Housing Census (HLO) — commenced on April 1, 2026, making it India's first fully digital census. Citizens can ...
Overcrowding, open bathing spaces for women among major issues in Odisha prisons: CAG report
A Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report tabled in the Odisha Assembly found serious deficiencies in the state's prison system covering the audit perio...
India recorded 65 internet shutdowns in 2025, highest among democracies: Access Now report
Access Now, a global digital rights advocacy group, released its annual report titled "Rising Repression Meets Global Resistance: Internet Shutdowns in 2025,...
Transgender Persons Amendment Act 2026: Looking back at a decade of legal battles over gender identity
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026 has replaced the self-identification framework established by the Supreme Court's 2014 NAL...
Gender and identity: New questions arise
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026 received Presidential assent after being passed by Parliament on March 25, 2026 — sparking...
Telangana Gig Workers Union welcome bill ensuring social security and dignity
The Telangana Assembly passed the Gig and Platform Workers (Registration, Social Security and Welfare) Bill, 2026 on March 30, 2026, making Telangana one of ...
FCRA amendment sparks row; Oppn flags minority rights concerns, BJP cites national security
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 was introduced in Lok Sabha on March 25, 2026 by the Ministry of Home Affairs, proposing major cha...
Droupadi Murmu assents to Transgender Rights Amendment; opposition flags exclusion, self-id concerns
President Droupadi Murmu gave assent to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 on March 30, 2026, converting it into law. The bi...