SEVENTH SESSION OF LOK SABHA CONCLUDES
NEW DELHI,18 April 2026 : Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday concluded the seventh session of the 18th Lok Sabha, noting that the productivity was around 93 per cent. He said there were 31 sittings lasting for 151 hours and 42 minutes. The general discussion on the Union Budget lasted around 13 hours, in […]
WOMEN’S RESERVATION, DELIMITATION BILLS DEFEATED AS NDA MISSES 2/3RD MAJORITY
NEW DELHI,18April 2026 : The Constitution amendment bills for women’s reservation and delimitation were defeated in the Lok Sabha Friday night as the NDA could not get 2/3rd majority to pass them. In the voting, 298 MPs supported the bills while 230 voted against them, with a total of 489 members participating. To pass the […]
INDIAN REFINERS SETTLE IRAN OIL DEALS IN CHINESE YUAN
NEW DELHI,18 April 2026 : Indian refiners are making payments using Chinese yuan for the limited cargoes of Iranian oil they are buying under the temporary US sanctions waver. The transactions are being routed through ICICI Bank, a report added. Reacting to this, the government has said that such transactions are entirely within the rules. […]
The April 17 Defeat: Why India’s Federal Fabric Trumped Legislative Bundling
The high-stakes legislative gamble of April 2026 came to a dramatic halt yesterday as the Lok Sabha rejected the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill. Despite a 298–230 majority in favour, the government failed to secure the mandatory two-thirds threshold required for a constitutional amendment. In the immediate aftermath, the Union government withdrew the Delimitation Bill and […]
The Arithmetic of Exclusion: Why India’s Gender Justice is Tethered to a Federal Fault Line
The ongoing three-day special session of Parliament (April 16–18) has laid bare a profound irony in Indian democracy. As the government moves to operationalize the long-awaited *Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill* to provide 33% reservation for women, it has inextricably lashed this progressive leap to the mast of the *Delimitation Bill, 2026*. By basing this exercise […]
