Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
Odisha’s Late Marriage Incentives fails to reach beneficiaries in PVTGs, says CAG
A Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has found that Odisha's late marriage incentive scheme for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) has f...
More than 200,000 fled Lebanon for Syria in March: UNHCR
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported that more than 200,000 people — the vast majority of them Syrian nationals — fled Lebanon ...
Vegetable prices crash up to 80% since January, deepening farm distress
Since January 2026, vegetable prices in India have crashed sharply: potatoes down ~40%, onions ~50%, and tomatoes by up to 80% from recent highs. The crash i...
World Bank-funded health scheme in Kerala might need more scrutiny
Kerala's government received World Bank approval for the Kerala Health System Improvement Programme (KHSIP), a ₹3,464-crore ($280 million) project to be impl...
Money starts flowing again: 5 states get Rs 1,561 crore as Centre reboots Jal Jeevan Mission
The Centre released ₹1,561.53 crore to five states under the Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0 (JJM 2.0) for 2025–26, resuming funding that had been paused due to compl...
Telangana Assembly passes Gig Workers Bill: What is the Bill about, and how other states with such laws have fared
The Telangana Assembly passed the Telangana Platform-based Gig Workers (Registration, Social Security and Welfare) Bill, 2026 on March 30, 2026, making Telan...
How Karnataka’s new law against honour killing affirms absolute right of adults to choose their partners
Karnataka has passed the 'Karnataka Freedom of Choice in Marriage and Prevention and Prohibition of Crimes in the Name of Honour and Tradition' Bill, 2026 — ...
Census 2027 to be entirely in digital mode starting today
India's Census 2027 — the country's 16th decennial census — has formally commenced with the House Listing and Housing Census (HLO) Phase I beginning on April...
Census exercise begins in Karnataka today with opening of self-enumeration window
Karnataka is among eight states and Union Territories where the census exercise was launched on March 31, 2026, with the opening of a 15-day self-enumeration...
‘Regional imbalance’ bothers Congress as government plans delimitation to roll out women’s reservation
The central government is reportedly planning to proceed with delimitation using the 2011 Census data to fast-track implementation of the Women's Reservation...
Identity on trial: Why India's new transgender law is facing backlash
Parliament passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026, amending the 2019 parent law by narrowing the legal definition of "tran...
Himachal Pradesh launches ‘PEHEL’ or Pastoralists Empowerment in Himalayan Ecosystems for Livelihood
Himachal Pradesh has launched the PEHEL (Pastoralists Empowerment in Himalayan Ecosystems for Livelihood) scheme in its 2026-27 budget, with an allocation of...
One in five sanctioned civilian posts in central govt remains vacant
According to official data, over 8.45 lakh sanctioned civilian posts in the central government remain unfilled — representing approximately one in every five...
Why India’s pollution crisis persists despite funds and policies
Despite years of dedicated funding and policy initiatives, India's air pollution remains among the world's worst, with Delhi and NCR cities recording annual ...
Census 2027 starts April 1, digital mode means data will be available same year
House-listing and Housing Census operations for Census 2027 begin on April 1, 2026, marking the formal start of India's most-delayed census (last held in 201...
Shielding ‘choice’ from ‘honour’
The Karnataka Legislative Assembly passed the Karnataka Freedom of Choice in Marriage and Prevention and Prohibition of Crimes in the Name of Honour and Trad...
A flame the state cannot guarantee
India's LPG supply system came under severe stress following the eruption of the US-Iran military conflict on February 28, 2026, which effectively closed the...
Putting trans people under OBC quota gives no real benefit, says Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court, in Ganga Kumari v. State of Rajasthan (2026), held that Rajasthan's notification placing transgender persons within the general OBC...
Transgender Amendment Bill gets President Murmu’s assent
President Droupadi Murmu granted assent to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, making it law. A day before assent, over 140 ...
On the implications of euthanasia in India
The Supreme Court of India, in Harish Rana v. Union of India (2026), authorised the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment for Harish Rana, a 32-year-old ma...