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• Governance › Govt. Programs

  Conflict of Interest in the RDI Fund: When Proximity Is the Qualification

  GS3 · GS3-15.Science and Technology- Developments and their Applications and Effects in Everyday Life.

  20 Aug 2026

  Explained Schemes

• Governance › Census

  How India plans to count caste now, and what went wrong earlier

  GS1 · GS1-06.Salient features of Indian Society

  20 Aug 2026

  Explained

• Governance › Transparency and Accountability

  PM CARES corpus hits all-time high as utilisation collapses to Rs 87.85 lakh

  GS2 · GS2-15.Transaparency and accountability (institutional and other measures); Citizens Charter, E-Governance (applications, models, successes, limitations, potential)

  19 Aug 2026

  Explained

• Governance › Tribunal · Polity

  Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2026 creates National Tribunals Commission after a decade-long tussle with the Supreme Court

  GS2 · GS2-09.Appointment to various Constitutional posts; Constitutional Bodies(powers, functions and responsibilities); Statutory, Regulatory and Quasi-judicial bodies

  19 Aug 2026

  Bills/Act/Laws Explained

• Governance › Census

  Census 2027 questionnaire notified with 40 questions and India’s first caste enumeration since Independence

  GS2 · GS2-10.Government Policies & Interventions for development of various sectors (issues in their design, implementation)

  19 Aug 2026

  Explained

• Governance › Various Acts

  India’s Extradition Push: States Told to Prepare for Fugitive Returns

  GS2 · GS2-02.Functions & responsibilities of the Union and the States; issues and challenges of federal structure;

  17 Aug 2026

  Explained

• Governance › Sectoral Regulatory Bodies

  Editorial on the Air India AI 2379 reclassification argues crew testing over emphasises alcohol breathalysers relative to psychoactive substances under the Civil Aviation Requirements

  GS2 · GS2-09.Appointment to various Constitutional posts; Constitutional Bodies(powers, functions and responsibilities); Statutory, Regulatory and Quasi-judicial bodies

  17 Aug 2026

  Explained Op-ed

• Governance › SchemeXHealth

  Ground report finds the free HPV vaccination programme stalling on consent and trust in Delhi government schools despite nearly 50 lakh girls covered nationally by June

  GS2 · GS2-13.Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.

  17 Aug 2026

  Explained Schemes

• Governance › Census

  Registrar General notifies 40 questions for Phase 2 population enumeration of Census 2027 with 13 new questions and web based self enumeration

  GS1 · GS1-07.Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues.

  17 Aug 2026

  Explained Prelims Only

• Governance › Domestic Bodies/Agencies

  Safety not on the platter

  GS2 · GS2-13.Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.

  16 Aug 2026

  Explained States