5 November 2026
The Lakshadweep Administration has put out a public notice seeking comments and suggestions on the draft Lakshadweep Prisons and Correctional Services Regulation, 2026. The notice appears under Notices on the official Lakshadweep website from 5 November 2026 to 5 December 2026. A Union Territory such as Lakshadweep has no legislature of its own, so laws for it can take the form of Regulations. The President makes these under Article 240 of the Constitution, and a Regulation promulgated by the President has the same force as an Act of Parliament. The subject of the draft, prisons, is Entry 4 of the State List.
Notice listed until:
5 December 2026
Why it matters for exams: Examiners ask which Article lets the President make Regulations for Union Territories and which List holds prisons.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSC
5 November 2026
The Administrator of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep has reconstituted the State Food Commission with new members. The notice about it was posted on the Lakshadweep Administration website on 5 November 2026, with the order attached as a file. The State Food Commission is the body provided for by Section 16 of the National Food Security Act, 2013. Its job is to monitor and review how the Act is being implemented and to inquire into violations of the entitlements it gives, including on complaints.
Notice posted:
5 November 2026
Why it matters for exams: The National Food Security Act, 2013 and its State Food Commissions are regular Kerala PSC and UPSC polity and welfare questions.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSC
6 November 2026
The Directorate of Health Services of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep has extended the last date for applications to Specialist Doctor posts on a contract basis. The new last date is 15 November 2026, according to the corrigendum posted on the Lakshadweep Administration website on 6 November 2026. The posts are on contract, not permanent. The notice is listed on the website from 6 November to 15 November 2026. Public health and sanitation, hospitals and dispensaries are Entry 6 of the State List in the Seventh Schedule.
New last date:
15 November 2026
Why it matters for exams: Questions on the Union Territory's departments, and on which List public health belongs to, are common.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSC
6 November 2026
The Lakshadweep Administration has published a checklist of various contract posts under the National Health Mission (NHM). The notice on the official website is listed from 6 November 2026 until 11 November 2026, with the checklist attached as a file. NHM is the Union Government's flagship programme for strengthening public health systems in States and Union Territories, run by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It was launched in 2013 and brought the National Rural Health Mission and the National Urban Health Mission under one umbrella.
Notice listed until:
11 November 2026
Why it matters for exams: The full form and ministry of the National Health Mission is a frequent exam question.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSC
4 November 2026
The Lakshadweep Development Corporation Limited (LDCL) has invited e-tenders for onboard canteen services on passenger vessels. The notice is listed on the Lakshadweep Administration website from 4 November 2026 to 7 December 2026, with the tender document attached as a file. The Administration's page on administrative setup says that an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) serves as the Managing Director of LDCL. The same page says the development departments are allotted among the Managing Director of LDCL, the Secretary (Pay and Accounts) and the Collector cum Development Commissioner, who are designated Secretaries of the departments allotted to them.
Notice listed until:
7 December 2026
Why it matters for exams: LDCL's full form and the UT's public sector bodies are asked in Kerala PSC general knowledge papers.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSC
Background
This explains the court system behind the draft Prisons and Correctional Services Regulation, 2026, for which the Lakshadweep Administration invited comments on 5 November 2026. Lakshadweep is under the jurisdiction of the High Court of Kerala. There is a Munsiff Court in Andrott for Kavaratti, Andrott, Minicoy and Kalpeni, and another in Amini for Amini, Agatti, Kadmat, Kiltan, Chetlat and Bitra. These courts also work as Judicial Magistrate of First Class courts. The Sub Court of Kavaratti was upgraded to District and Sessions Court with effect from April 1997.
High Court:
Kerala High Court
Why it matters for exams: The High Court of a Union Territory and its court structure are regular GK questions.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSC
Background
This is the administrative background to the LDCL e-tender notice of 4 November 2026, since the Administration's page says an officer of the Indian Administrative Service is the Managing Director of LDCL. The entire Union Territory of Lakshadweep is treated as one district, with 10 Sub Divisions. In Minicoy and Agatti the Sub Division is under a Deputy Collector. The Administration Secretariat moved from Kozhikode to Kavaratti in March 1964. District matters such as revenue, land settlement and law and order sit with the Collector cum Development Commissioner, who is also the District Magistrate. The Administrator is also Inspector General of Lakshadweep Police.
Districts:
One
Sub Divisions:
10
Why it matters for exams: UT administration structure, and the shift of the capital from Kozhikode to Kavaratti, are asked in Kerala PSC and UPSC papers.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSC
Background
The Lakshadweep Administration has been issuing a run of notices this week, among them its draft Prisons and Correctional Services Regulation, and the islands are worth knowing from the beginning. Their own administration says the early history of the islands was never written down, so what stands in its place is a body of legend. Local tradition traces the first settlement to the time of Cheraman Perumal, named as the last king of Kerala, who is said to have left his capital Cranganore — the Kodungallor of today — for Mecca after becoming a Muslim. Search parties are said to have sailed after him, and one boat belonging to the Raja of Cannanore was wrecked in a storm on the island now called Bangaram, from where the crew moved to Agatti. A later party is said to have found Amini and stayed there. Tradition holds that the first small settlements grew at Amini, Kavaratti, Andrott and Kalpeni.
Island where the boat was wrecked:
Bangaram
First settlements:
Amini, Kavaratti, Andrott, Kalpeni
Why it matters for exams: Kavaratti is the capital of Lakshadweep, and the island names — Amini, Andrott, Kalpeni, Agatti, Bangaram — are standard map questions; Cheraman Perumal and Kodungallor link the islands to Kerala's own history.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSC
In plain words
Cranganore Kodungallor — The old harbour town in Kerala now called Kodungallor.