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Polity
The Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025: UMEED, from provisions to the portal
The Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 renamed the law UMEED: Section 40 deleted, trusts separated, tribunals recomposed, every property on a central portal. Provisions table, UMEED registration status, and the Supreme Court's interim order.
30 September 2026 · 11 min read
International Relations
The ICC: justice beyond borders
The International Criminal Court prosecutes individuals for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. This article covers the 1998 Rome Statute, its jurisdiction, landmark cases, why India stays out, and the ICC vs ICJ distinction.
30 September 2026 · 15 min read
Internal Security
Guarding the Frontiers: Border Management
Per-border challenge tables, CIBMS and smart fencing, the Vibrant Villages Programme, coastal and airspace security, illegal migration, AFSPA's 2026 status and the Rohingya debate: the complete GS-3 guide.
29 September 2026 · 35 min read
Disaster Management
The Law of Disasters: DM Act 2005 and the 2025 Amendment
The complete legal story: the DM Act 2005's institutions and funds, the 2025 Amendment's seven reforms (UDMA, SDRF, databases, statutory NCMC), the financing architecture, the 2009 Policy, NDMP 2019 and the PM's 10-point agenda.
29 September 2026 · 27 min read
Indian Society
Half the Nation: The State of Women in Indian Society
India's women have never been more visible, in panchayats, courtrooms and combat units, yet the numbers still bite: only 41.7% work, 13.6% legislate, and nearly a third face spousal violence. The contemporary status of women, in GS-1 depth.
27 September 2026 · 36 min read
Social Justice
Transgender persons: rights, the 2019 Act and inclusion
The legal arc from NALSA (2014) to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019: status, the protection framework, welfare schemes and the inclusion gap.
27 September 2026 · 29 min read
Social Justice
Other Backward Classes: welfare beyond the quota debate
OBCs are India's largest backward group. This guide covers their status, the constitutional framework, the creamy-layer debate and the welfare schemes that reach beyond quotas.
27 September 2026 · 33 min read
Social Justice
Women in India: empowerment, schemes and the unfinished agenda
From constitutional safeguards to Mission Shakti: a complete guide to women's status, laws, empowerment schemes and the unfinished agenda on safety, work and representation.
27 September 2026 · 57 min read
Governance
Land acquisition law: the 2013 Act and the consent debate
The 2013 land acquisition law built consent, social impact assessment and four-times compensation into the statute. A decade on, the Standing Committee says consent is a formality. Why land is still the hardest part of infrastructure.
27 September 2026 · 21 min read
Governance
Social audit and grievance redressal: auditing power from below
From the MKSS Jan Sunwais to MGNREGA’s statutory audits and Meghalaya’s 2017 law, plus CPGRAMS and right-to-public-services laws: how citizens audit power from below.
27 September 2026 · 23 min read
Polity
Jammu and Kashmir: From Article 370 to Union Territory Status
The full constitutional arc of Jammu and Kashmir: the 1947 accession, Articles 370 and 35A, the August 2019 abrogation, the Reorganisation Act, and the Supreme Court's December 2023 verdict.
27 September 2026 · 30 min read
Polity
Bodies that run India: constitutional vs statutory vs executive
Constitutional, statutory or executive: sorting India's major institutions into their three boxes, and why the box decides each body's independence.
27 September 2026 · 38 min read