Recent Amendment to Census Rules, 1990Amendment: The Centre amended the Census Rules, 1990 to explicitly include teachers from government, local-authority, aided and unaided private educational institutions, along with officials of banks, companies,...

Context: Legal provision: Section 12(1)(c) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 mandates private unaided schools to reserve at least 25% of entry-level seats for children from weaker sections and disadvantaged gro...

Context: Prasar Bharati was intended to function as an autonomous public broadcaster, modelled on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), but continues to face concerns over government control and editorial independence.In 2014, Information and B...

Context: The RTI Act, 2005, completed 21 years, but implementation gaps persist in Section 4's mandatory proactive disclosure requirements, forcing citizens to file RTI applications for information that public authorities should already publish.Manda...

Context: High mark-ups on medicines and medical consumables can substantially increase hospital bills and contribute to medical impoverishment.Recent examples from Maharashtra indicate a large gap between the procurement price paid by hospitals and t...

Context: High mark-ups on medicines and medical consumables can substantially increase hospital bills and contribute to medical impoverishment.Recent examples from Maharashtra indicate a large gap between the procurement price paid by hospitals and t...

Context: The 2027 Census population enumeration questionnaire contains 40 questions, including several personal details such as Aadhaar, mobile, voter ID, passport and bank-account information.Concerns have been raised that some questions may have li...