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45 stories for “Governance” · February 2026
Clear filtersThroughout the early months of 2026, the Tamil Nadu School Education Department's highly dedicated, specialized reading initiative, widely known as 'Vasippu Iyakkam' (The Reading Movement), recorded truly phenomenal, unp...
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation launched PAIMANA (Project Assessment, Infrastructure Monitoring and Analytics for Nation-building), a web platform for tracking Central Sector infrastructure projec...
The Karnataka Cabinet cleared the use of ballot papers and ballot boxes instead of Electronic Voting Machines for the panchayat polls due in February 2026. To give this legal backing, the government plans to bring the Ka...
The Ministry of Home Affairs, the Nagaland government and the Eastern Nagaland People's Organisation (ENPO) signed a tripartite memorandum to set up the Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority (FNTA). It will cover six e...
The Supreme Court observed that States are sidestepping the appointment of regular Directors-General of Police with a fixed two-year tenure and instead installing 'acting' chiefs of their choice. In the 2006 Prakash Sing...
Amid repeated disruptions, Speaker Om Birla put the Opposition's amendments to vote, which were rejected, and the Lok Sabha then adopted the Motion of Thanks on the President's 28 January address by voice vote, without t...
Denotified, nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes (DNTs) are demanding a separate column in the caste enumeration planned for February 2027, the first since 1931, and constitutional recognition in a Schedule like SCs, STs and...
Manipur has an elected government again after President Droupadi Murmu withdrew President's Rule on February 4, 2026. The State had been under central administration through Article 356 since February 13, 2025, following...
Dubai in the UAE hosted the World Governments Summit 2026 on the theme 'Global Governance and Effective Leadership'. The summit seeks to shape how governments of the future work by encouraging international cooperation,...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appeared before the Supreme Court in a case on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls conducted by the Election Commission of India. She sought leave to argue i...
Tripura topped the Panchayat Advancement Index (PAI) 2.0 released by the Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj. Jugal Kishore Nagar Village Committee in Sepahijala district was the best-performing local body in India with a s...
The 16th Finance Commission recommended grants of ₹9.47 lakh crore over five years, only for local bodies and disaster management, ending revenue deficit, sector-specific and State-specific grants. Local bodies get ₹7,91...
