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Farmers at the Chandigarh-Mohali border are demanding withdrawal of the Electricity Amendment Bill, 2025, arguing it could lead to privatisation of power supply and higher costs for agricultural consumers.
Maratha reservation activists are pressing the Maharashtra government to issue Kunbi certificates based on the Hyderabad Gazette and millions of historical Kunbi records identified by the Sandeep Shinde Committee.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha has placed a demand for ₹10,000 monthly social security payments for farmers, agricultural labourers and rural artisans at the centre of its September protest at the Chandigarh-Mohali border.
The BJP has accused Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, his wife Gurpreet Kaur and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal of running a corruption network to settle rape cases for bribes of up to ₹5 crore, charges the AAP has rejected as baseless.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha's September protest has put the proposed Seeds Bill, 2025 at the centre of a wider agitation, with unions arguing the legislation dilutes state authority and favours corporate seed companies.
Latest groundwater assessments show 110 of Punjab's 153 blocks are over-exploited, while farmer unions at the Chandigarh border are demanding restoration of the state's representation in the Bhakra Beas Management Board.
Farmer unions at the Chandigarh-Mohali border have made opposition to the proposed India-US trade agreement a central plank of their September agitation, warning that cheaper agricultural imports could destabilise domestic prices.
The National Conference and the BJP held parallel demonstrations in Srinagar on September 2, each accusing the other of failing to deliver on promises made to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil's indefinite hunger strike at Antarwali Sarati entered its sixth day on September 4, as supporters blocked highways across Maharashtra and demanded immediate issuance of Kunbi certificates.
Thousands of farmers under the Samyukta Kisan Morcha began a week-long sit-in on September 1 at the Chandigarh-Mohali border, pressing for a legal MSP guarantee, debt waivers, and resolution of Punjab's water disputes.
Rations, employment guarantees, health missions, green tribunals and weather warnings reach citizens through overlapping layers of Union and state authority. This guide sets out who is responsible for what, and where delivery usually breaks.
SEBI, IRDAI, the Competition Commission and UIDAI each hold a narrow slice of authority over Indian markets and identity systems. Knowing where one regulator's writ ends saves a great deal of misdirected effort.
From the vote on demands for grants to the GST Council and the repo rate, India's fiscal machinery follows rules that explain how money moves between the Union, the states, and your household.
Elections, the census, audit reports and the right to information belong to one machinery: the systems through which the Indian state counts its people, spends its money, and answers for both.
