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62 stories for “State” · January 2026
Clear filtersKerala has introduced the Right to Disconnect Bill, 2025, for private-sector employees. It would let them ignore work calls, emails, messages and online meetings after working hours without facing any penalty or discipli...
In January 2026, the Government of Tamil Nadu announced the expansion of several welfare schemes aimed at improving the socio-economic conditions of marginalized communities. The expansion focused on increasing financial...
The 50th meeting of PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation), the PM's technology-enabled platform launched in 2015 to monitor infrastructure projects and public grievances, was held in New Delhi. Five c...
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment will fund a National Drug Use Survey for 2025-26, covering about 20 lakh people in every State and Union Territory. For the first time, it will record traditional and local...
Karnataka recorded its highest-ever number of organ donors - 198 in 2025 - as recorded by Jeevasarthakathe, the State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO) of Karnataka. The state ranked third in India after T...
The Tripura State Load Dispatch Centre (SLDC), functioning under Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL), received ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, becoming the first Load Dispatch Centre in Northeast Indi...
In Samiullah vs State of Bihar, the Supreme Court struck down Bihar's 2019 registration rules, which required proof of mutation before a property document could be registered. The Court said registering a document is dif...
In the third round of approvals under the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS), MeitY cleared 22 projects worth about ₹41,863 crore that are expected to create 34,061 jobs. Tamil Nadu gained the most: three...
Assam plans to buy a proton therapy machine for cancer care at a cost of about ₹500 crore. That will make it the first state to offer this treatment in a government hospital. Proton therapy targets tumours with proton be...
Dong village in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district held the state's first New Year Sunrise Festival in 2026, on the theme 'First to Rise, First to Celebrate'. Dong is India's easternmost village and the first place in th...
Surat in Gujarat is close to becoming India's first fully slum-free city. The Surat Municipal Corporation rebuilt slum areas in place with permanent housing, mainly through the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, and moved thous...
On 1 January 2026, Assam became the first state to constitute its 8th State Pay Commission. Former Chief Secretary Subhas Das is the chairman. The commission will review the pay, allowances and pensions of state governme...
