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6Supreme Court of India on 26 May 2026 Upholds Validity of Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls Conducted by the Election Commission of India Holding That the ECI is Within Its Constitutional Powers to Examine Citizenship Claims for the Limited Purpose of Inclusion or Exclusion From Electoral Rolls Rules That the SIR Process Does Not Violate the Representation of the People Act 1950 and Has a Nexus With the Constitutional Goal of Free and Fair Elections
Supreme Court on 26 May 2026 upheld the validity of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls by ECI, holding that the Commission can examine citizenship for the limited purpose of electoral roll inclusion/exclusion. Process did not violate Representation of People Act 1950.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah Launches Vibrant Villages Programme Phase Two From India Pakistan Border Near Bikaner on 26 May 2026 Covering 184 Strategic Villages Across Five Rajasthan Border Districts Including 68 in Sri Ganganagar 46 in Bikaner 36 in Barmer 30 in Jaisalmer and 4 in Phalodi With Rs 3 Crore Annual Allocation Per Village and Rs 137 Crore Approved for More Than 1000 Development Works in Electricity Drinking Water Education Healthcare and Connectivity Sectors
Home Minister Amit Shah launched Vibrant Villages Programme-2 on 26 May 2026 from Bikaner, covering 184 strategic villages across five Rajasthan border districts (Sri Ganganagar 68, Bikaner 46, Barmer 36, Jaisalmer 30, Phalodi 4) with Rs 3 crore annual allocation per village.
India Meteorological Department Declares Southwest Monsoon Onset Over Kerala on 26 May 2026 Nearly a Week Ahead of the Normal 1 June Arrival Date Making it One of the Earliest Onsets in Two Decades With Isolated Heavy to Very Heavy Rainfall Over Kerala and Tamil Nadu Even as Severe Heat Wave Conditions Persist Over Northwest India and Maximum Temperatures in Delhi Forecast to Range Between 43 and 45 Degrees Celsius on 26 and 27 May Under IMD Heat Action Plan
IMD declared Southwest Monsoon onset over Kerala on 26 May 2026, nearly a week ahead of the normal 1 June date - one of the earliest onsets in two decades. Northwest India simultaneously faced severe heat wave with Delhi temperatures forecast at 43-45 degrees Celsius.
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs Chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Approves SARTHAK-PDS Umbrella Scheme on 26 May 2026 With a Central Outlay of Rs 25530 Crore for Five Years From April 2026 to March 2031 Merging Assistance to State Agencies for Intra-State Foodgrain Movement and SMART PDS to Modernise Public Distribution System Through Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Natural Language Processing and Blockchain for 81.35 Crore NFSA Beneficiaries
CCEA chaired by PM Modi on 26 May 2026 approved SARTHAK-PDS umbrella scheme with Rs 25,530 crore outlay for 2026-2031, merging two existing schemes and using AI, ML, NLP and Blockchain to modernise PDS for 81.35 crore NFSA beneficiaries.
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