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The Registrar General has notified the 40 questions for Census 2027's Household Schedule. For the first time since 1931, caste will be asked of every respondent, not just Scheduled Castes and Tribes — alongside new Aadhaar, bank-account and voter-ID questions. Here is what's confirmed, what's still unresolved, and why
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HeadlineDecoded could not verify the claimed seven-part framework in an official 2026 speech transcript, PMO release or authenticated video. This draft is on hold pending first-party evidence.
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Parliament's Monsoon Session ended the way it began: in disruption. Nineteen percent productivity in the Lok Sabha, eleven of twelve bills passed without a single word of debate, and a new law tightening penalties for exam paper leaks that barely got discussed despite being the reason students were protesting outside i
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Pradhan’s original July 25 letter mentioned NEET-UG, Jantar Mantar and “anti-national forces.” The President formally accepted his resignation and assigned Education to Pralhad Joshi as additional charge.
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Abhijeet Dipke turned a disputed courtroom remark into the Cockroach Janta Party. This profile separates his documented education and public campaign from self-reported reach, threats and political background.
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A statutory committee reportedly found three charges proved—not criminal guilt. Its report reached Parliament after Justice Yashwant Varma tendered his resignation, leaving an unresolved removal question.
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The 2026 delimitation package remains defeated and no new Parliament sitting is officially notified. Here is what the record confirms and what remains reported.
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Parliament's Monsoon Session ended today without a second vote on the Delimitation Bill. The Cabinet meeting that might have cleared it was cancelled, despite the government reportedly already having the numbers to pass it. Here's what changed, what didn't, and the procedural detail most coverage has glossed over.
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India currently reserves 84 Lok Sabha seats for Scheduled Caste candidates and 47 for Scheduled Tribe candidates. Delimitation can change both the number and location of reserved constituencies—but the failed 2026 package produced no official new totals.
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India’s 2002 Delimitation Commission redrew constituency boundaries without changing states’ Lok Sabha totals. The withdrawn 2026 proposal would have added seat reallocation. Here is who decides, how public objections work and what remains law.
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India's 2026 delimitation package proposed an 850-seat constitutional ceiling, while the government illustrated an 816-seat house. Its core amendment was defeated in April. Here is the law, the North–South argument and the verified status.
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