Cleaning the Rolls or Shrinking the Electorate? The SIR Deletion Debate (POLITY AND GOVERNANCE) (FL) A fresh analysis of the nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls argues that the share of names struck off has risen with every phase — raising the question of whether a clean-up exercise is turning into the exclusion…
The Mahatma’s Unfinished Mission: Taking Satyagraha to the World after 1947 (HISTORY) (TH) On Gandhi Jayanti (2 October), a fresh analysis asks what Mahatma Gandhi might have done had he lived beyond January 1948 — and argues he had concrete plans to turn Satyagraha into a global movement. The popular image of Gandhi in late…
A Century of Merit: UPSC Turns 100 (POLITY AND GOVERNANCE) (PIB) The Union Public Service Commission completes 100 years on 1 October 2026. Its journey began on 1 October 1926, when India’s first Public Service Commission was set up — an advisory body whose members were then appointed by the Secretary of State in London….
From Special Status to Statehood Demand: J&K Assembly Seeks Full Statehood (POLITY AND GOVERNANCE) (IE) Chief Minister Omar Abdullah moved a resolution in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly demanding the immediate restoration of full statehood to the Union Territory. The Assembly adopted it on 28 September 2026, with the BJP opposing the move. The…
Three Chief Justices to the Top Court: How the Collegium Picks Supreme Court Judges (Polity and Governance) (NDTV) The Supreme Court Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, has recommended three High Court Chief Justices for elevation to the apex court — Justice Sunita Agarwal (Gujarat HC), Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya (Delhi HC)…
Should Voting Be a Fundamental Right? ECINet Glitches and the Election Commission’s Nine-Point Reset (Polity and Governance) (TH) (IE) A reported software glitch on ECINet, the Election Commission of India’s unified digital platform, allegedly kept 97 physically verified electors in Goa off the final electoral roll — and with it, off a State health-insurance scheme…
Shell Parties, Shadow Money: Fixing the RUPP Loophole in Political Funding (Polity and Governance) (TH) A former Election Commissioner, Ashok Lavasa, has flagged a growing pool of unaccounted political money flowing through Registered Unrecognised Political Parties (RUPPs), after media investigations exposed suspicious donation trails. He has called for action against “shell” parties, independent audits and…
