Social Issues

The Rajasthan High Court, in Ganga Kumari v. State of Rajasthan (2026), held that Rajasthan's notification placing transgender persons within the general OBC...

President Droupadi Murmu granted assent to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, making it law. A day before assent, over 140 ...

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...

The first phase of Census 2027 — House Listing and Housing Operations — formally begins on April 1, 2026, making it the first phase of India's 16th national ...

PDP MLA Waheed Para has introduced the Jammu and Kashmir Territorial Administrative Reorganisation Bill, 2026, a Private Member's Bill in the J&K Legislative...

Census 2027 FAQs and enumeration guidelines indicate that live-in couples residing together in the same household will be counted as "married" if they consid...

The Registrar General of India (RGI) confirmed that preparations for Census 2027 are at an advanced stage, with caste enumeration to be conducted during the ...

The Central Government has made an ad hoc allocation of PDS Superior Kerosene Oil (SKO) to States and Union Territories for 60 days to ensure households faci...

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has released 33 officially notified questions for the first phase of Census 2027 — the House Listing and Housing Operation...

The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly passed the Freedom of Religion Bill 2026 (also called Dharma Swatantrya Adhiniyam), making Maharashtra the 13th state to...

The Government of India has released 33 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for the first phase of Census 2027 — the House Listing and Housing Census — which b...

Several southern Indian states — led by Andhra Pradesh — are now actively encouraging women to have more children, with politicians warning that falling fert...

A recent revisiting of the village of Dasgaon in Maharashtra has brought attention to a largely forgotten precursor to the famous Mahad Satyagraha: in early ...

The Central Government has authorised an ad hoc allocation of Public Distribution System (PDS) Superior Kerosene Oil (SKO) to 21 States and Union Territories...

Thousands of rural workers across states including Bihar and Rajasthan have been denied work under MGNREGS, with some district officials informally claiming ...

Final rules for all four labour codes have been notified and full implementation is expected from April 1, 2026, marking a historic consolidation of India's ...

A parliamentary committee has backed the introduction of age-based restrictions on social media platforms for children and adolescents in India. The Committe...

A policy analysis piece highlights the gap between the Minimum Support Price (MSP) announced by the government and the actual comprehensive cost of cultivati...

A photographic report revisits the endosulfan pesticide tragedy in Kasargod district of Kerala, where aerial spraying of endosulfan over cashew plantations i...

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 was introduced in Lok Sabha on March 13, 2026, seeking to amend the parent Transgender Pe...