Study on RuPay and BHIM-UPI scheme shows 49% global dominance, 94% merchant adoption and rapid expansion to 8 countries After a decade of the launch of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), the Department for Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance, has released a comprehensive report titled: “Socio-Economic Impact Analysis of the Incentive Scheme for Promotion of RuPay Debit Card and low-value BHIM-UPI (Person-to-Merchant) Transactions.” The report was released during

Criminal Tribes Act 1871, Idate Commission Findings, 1,200 Identified Communities, 268 Unclassified Groups and ₹200 Crore SEED Scheme Gap Explained Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes (DNTs) across India are mobilising for a “separate column” in the 2027 Census and a separate Constitutional Schedule , on par with Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), and Other Backward Classes (OBCs). On January 30, the Union government assured community leaders that the Of

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In a significant ruling reinforcing maintenance jurisprudence in India, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed a husband’s criminal revision petition challenging a Family Court order directing him to pay monthly maintenance to his estranged wife and minor son. Justice Y Lakshmana Rao , in an order dated February 9 , held: “Maintenance is not charity but a right, and its enforcement is essential to uphold equity, justice, and good conscience.” The Court observed that mai

In a significant ruling on government service law, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has clarified whether the government can take back permanent job status after years of regularisation. Terming the State’s action “arbitrary” and “discriminatory”, the Court quashed a 1999 order that de-regularised the services of a long-serving employee. Justice Sandeep Moudgil observed on February 13 : “Public power, exercised without fairness, degenerates into arbitrariness, which our Con

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Marriage Protection Ruling: Court Upholds Adults’ Right to Marry by Choice In a significant reaffirmation of constitutional freedoms, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court granted protection to a couple who married against the wishes of their families, holding that the right to choose a life partner is intrinsic to dignity, liberty, and identity under the Constitution of India. Justice M A Chowdhary, while hearing a plea seeking s