Polity & Governance Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Wed, 03 Dec 2025

• Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha chaired the 2nd meeting of the High-Level Task Force on 'Infrastructure, Logistics Cost and Connectivity in NER' in New Delhi on 3 December 2025, with Union DoNER Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia participating.
• The Department of Land Resources held a National Symposium on NAKSHA (National Geospatial Knowledge-based Land Survey of Urban Habitations) and LandStack on 3 December 2025, where a unified 'Urban property card' pilot across 157 cities was highlighted.

Mon, 01 Dec 2025

• The Winter Session 2025 of Parliament began in New Delhi on Monday, 1 December 2025 and was scheduled to run till 19 December with 15 sittings.

Sun, 30 Nov 2025

• On 30 November 2025 the Election Commission of India extended the SIR of electoral rolls in 12 States/UTs by one week; the draft roll will now be published on 16 December 2025 and the final roll on 14 February 2026.
• At an all-party meeting on 30 November 2025, the government said the Winter Session of Parliament would run from 1 to 19 December 2025 with 15 sittings over 19 days.
• On 30 November 2025 PM Narendra Modi attended the 60th All India Conference of DGs/IGs of Police at IIM Raipur, themed 'Viksit Bharat: Security Dimensions', and gave the newly instituted Urban Policing Awards to three cities.

Sat, 29 Nov 2025

• The Election Commission of India invited citizens to suggest improvements to its unified ECINet app between 27 November and 27 December 2025; the platform's official launch is planned for January 2026.
• On 29 November 2025 an Assam Group of Ministers report tabled in the Assembly recommended ST status for six communities through a three-tier classification — ST (Plains), ST (Hills) and a new ST (Valley).

Thu, 27 Nov 2025

• Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla paid floral tributes to Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, the first Speaker of Lok Sabha, in the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan on his birth anniversary on 27 November 2025.

Wed, 26 Nov 2025

• On Constitution Day, 26 November 2025, President Droupadi Murmu digitally released translated versions of the Constitution of India in nine Indian languages at the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan, and a bust of Dr B.R. Ambedkar was unveiled at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.
• The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said on 26 November 2025 that it has deactivated more than 2 crore Aadhaar numbers of deceased individuals in a nationwide clean-up of the Aadhaar database.
• Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla paid floral tributes to former Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray at Samvidhan Sadan on his birth anniversary, 26 November 2025.

Mon, 24 Nov 2025

• Justice Surya Kant was sworn in as the 53rd Chief Justice of India by President Droupadi Murmu at the Ganatantra Mandap, Rashtrapati Bhavan, on 24 November 2025, succeeding Justice B.R. Gavai.

Fri, 21 Nov 2025

• The Government of India made the four Labour Codes — the Code on Wages, 2019, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020 and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 — effective from 21 November 2025, rationalising 29 existing labour laws.

Thu, 20 Nov 2025

• Nitish Kumar took oath as Chief Minister of Bihar for a record 10th time at Gandhi Maidan, Patna on 20 November 2025, with Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Sinha as Deputy Chief Ministers.
• Twenty-six leading e-commerce platforms have submitted self-declarations confirming compliance with the Guidelines for Prevention and Regulation of Dark Patterns, 2023, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs said on 20 November 2025.

Wed, 19 Nov 2025

• The Election Commission of India (ECI) published 14 statistical reports on the 2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election on 19 November 2025, within five days of the election's conclusion.

Mon, 17 Nov 2025

• The Sixteenth Finance Commission, headed by Dr Arvind Panagariya, submitted its report for the award period 2026-27 to 2030-31 to President Droupadi Murmu on 17 November 2025.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired the 32nd meeting of the Northern Zonal Council (NZC) in Faridabad, Haryana on 17 November 2025.

Sun, 16 Nov 2025

• National Press Day was observed on 16 November 2025 with the theme 'Safeguarding Press Credibility amidst Rising Misinformation', at an event in New Delhi attended by Union I&B Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
• The Department of Consumer Affairs said on 16 November 2025 that its e-Jagriti online consumer grievance platform, launched on 1 January 2025, has over 2.75 lakh registered users, including 1,388 NRIs.
• Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan was chief guest at the fifth Audit Diwas celebrations of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in New Delhi on 16 November 2025.

Sat, 15 Nov 2025

• The Election Commission's daily bulletin of 15 November 2025 showed that 95.44% of enumeration forms had been distributed under Phase II of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 12 States and Union Territories.

Fri, 14 Nov 2025

• The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar won 202 of the 243 seats in the Bihar Assembly election, with results declared by the Election Commission of India on 14 November 2025.
• The Government notified the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025 on 14 November 2025, fully operationalising the DPDP Act, 2023 that Parliament enacted on 11 August 2023.
• The nationwide Digital Life Certificate (DLC) Campaign 4.0 for pensioners crossed the one-crore mark, the Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare said on 14 November 2025.
• The Union Government released over ₹223 crore of Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV FC) grants for Rural Local Bodies in Assam, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj said on 14 November 2025.

Thu, 13 Nov 2025

• The Election Commission of India said on 13 November 2025 that the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 recorded a polling percentage of 67.13%, the highest ever since 1951, with zero repolls and zero appeals during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
• The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare released the draft Seeds Bill, 2025 for public comments on 13 November 2025; the Bill is meant to replace the Seeds Act, 1966 and the Seeds (Control) Order, 1983, with suggestions due by 11 December 2025.

Wed, 12 Nov 2025

• The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi passed a resolution on 12 November 2025 calling the car explosion near Delhi's Red Fort on the evening of 10 November a heinous terror incident by anti-national forces, and observed two minutes' silence for the victims.