Gujarat Politics & Governance

Gujarat Board schedules supplementary examinations for Classes 10 and 12

1 June 2026

The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board scheduled supplementary examinations for Classes 10 and 12 from 11 to 20 June 2026. The examinations are for eligible students who did not pass one or two subjects in the main examinations, across the listed school streams, including Science, General, vocational and Sanskrit courses.

Key Facts

• The Gujarat Board conducts state secondary and higher-secondary examinations and directs the state’s school education system.

Gujarat introduces a uniform affidavit format for government services

1 June 2026

Gujarat’s Law Department issued a universal affidavit format for services where an affidavit is legally required but no specific format has been prescribed. Government offices, service centres and authorities across the state are to accept the common format, available in Gujarati and English, including through the Digital Gujarat portal and Jan Seva Kendras. Where an affidavit is not legally required, the existing self-declaration process remains in place.

Key Facts

• The common affidavit format addresses paperwork variation that had complicated applications, wasted citizens’ time and delayed administration.

Gujarat High Court addresses when police control amounts to custody

1 June 2026

In a case linked to an alleged Morbi land scam, the Gujarat High Court addressed when police control over a person amounts to custody. The court held that custody depends on a person’s actual freedom of movement, not solely on the date recorded for formal arrest. The case concerned the claim that a man was under police control before his arrest was officially recorded.

Key Facts

• A person is legally in custody when unable to move freely and entirely under police control, regardless of formal arrest records.
• Arrest safeguards include informing the person of the reasons, access to legal assistance and production before a magistrate within 24 hours.

Encroachments cleared for Gujarat highway widening

1 June 2026

Gujarat authorities began clearing encroachments near Viramgam on State Highway 17 as part of the four-laning project linking Viramgam, Surendranagar and Wadhwan. Structures including shrines and shops were removed to address a road bottleneck and improve connectivity.

Key Facts

• India’s 2013 land-acquisition law provides for fair compensation, transparent acquisition and rehabilitation of people affected by infrastructure projects.

Gujarat begins house-listing phase of Census 2027

1 June 2026

Gujarat began the house-listing and housing census phase of Census 2027, scheduled to run from 1 to 30 June. Enumerators are to collect information on housing conditions, household details, water and sanitation facilities, and other assets; residents could also submit details through self-enumeration before the field phase.

Key Facts

• The Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India conducts the decennial census under the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Cotton import-duty suspension prompts concern among Gujarat growers

1 June 2026

The Centre suspended the 11% import duty on cotton for five months from 1 June, prompting concern among Gujarat’s cotton growers. Farmer organisations called for the duty to be restored, fearing that cheaper imports could put pressure on domestic prices when the new crop reaches the market in October.

Key Facts

• Suspending import duties can make foreign cotton cheaper in India, potentially increasing competition for domestic growers.

Gujarat revises MSP procurement limits for three crops

2 June 2026

Gujarat revised the per-hectare procurement limits for pearl millet, sorghum and maize under its minimum support price procurement programme. The new limits were set at 2,000 kg for pearl millet, 1,000 kg for sorghum and 1,500 kg for maize, replacing higher figures in the earlier circular.

Key Facts

• Minimum Support Price is a government-set floor price intended to provide remunerative returns to farmers for selected crops.
• The Food Corporation of India and National Agricultural Co-operative Marketing Federation are among agencies involved in state-level MSP implementation.

Gujarat launches Operation Mule Hunt 2.0 against cyber-fraud accounts

2 June 2026

Gujarat Police launched Operation Mule Hunt 2.0 to identify bank accounts used to receive and move proceeds from cyber fraud. The state-wide operation followed a high-level meeting chaired by Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi and aims to help police trace networks behind such transactions.

Key Facts

• Mule accounts are bank accounts criminals use to move money obtained through cyber fraud, helping conceal and ...