Issues

The Centre raised the monthly wage limit used for provident fund (PF) rules from Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000. The Union Cabinet approved it on 2026-09-16, and a Gazette notification followed on 2026-09-17.

A bill to change the Constitution and a Delimitation Bill, 2026 were introduced in April 2026. The constitutional amendment failed in the Lok Sabha, and in September talk of a special session to bring the bills back continued, with no official notice.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) is checking voter lists house to house in many states. This is called the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). In September 2026, court hearings and reports of disagreement inside the ECI led to a dispute over its work and over Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.

On 6 October 2026, the Union Cabinet passed a resolution congratulating Narendra Modi on 25 years as head of government. Several BJP-ruled state Cabinets then passed similar resolutions, and no court case or legal rule on such resolutions was found.

Police in Delhi detained many people at protests by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and others in October 2026. Courts are now looking at whether the detentions, the curbs and the end of Jantar Mantar as a protest site follow the right to protest.

The Election Commission of India is checking voter lists in a process called the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Opposition leaders have gone to the Supreme Court over name deletions, while the Commission says names go only for stated reasons.