Himanta Biswa Sarma launches National Education Policy 2020 in Higher Education InstitutionsIt may be noted that NEP 2020 launched in July 2020 provides a set of guiding principles for a paradigm shift across the education sector i...
03 Jun, 2023, 07.40 PM IST
Measures India's education sector needs from Budget 2022Given the goals of FLN by 2026–27, this budget is expected to provide rational allocation between the ‘education’ and ‘care’ components wit...
26 Jan, 2022, 05.05 PM IST
Budget 2020-21: Top 100 educational institutions to offer full-fledged degree programmes onlineTop 100 educational institutions in the country will offer full-fledged online degree programmes, FM Nirmala Sitharaman announced. The inst...
01 Feb, 2020, 08.33 PM IST
If Modi wins again, this could be his plan for India@75Modi govt has got a blueprint from NITI Aayog to take the country's economy to $4 trillion in the next 5 years
20 Dec, 2018, 06.17 PM IST
Modicare's biggest problem: 500 million beneficiaries who don't have a clueIts beneficiaries — 40% of India's people — are clueless about the plan as they didn’t have to enrol for it.
26 Oct, 2018, 01.09 PM IST
Anger at new tax on Narendra Modi's home turf shows why Monday is keyBJP’s vulnerabilities have been tested in Gujarat by a farming crisis and the popularity of local caste leaders, such as Hardik Patel.
15 Dec, 2017, 08.26 PM IST
Most important features of Budget 2017 that you shouldn't missHere some of the key features of Union Budget 2016-2017 that you shouldn't miss.
01 Feb, 2017, 04.50 PM IST
Budget 2016: Highlights of FM Arun Jaitley's speech"IMF has hailed India as a bright spot. Let us look at our achievements compared to the last three years of the last government. We inherit...
26 Dec, 2016, 05.27 PM IST
Budget 2016: Full text of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's speechJaitley presented his third budget which took on the fiscal and physical health of the nation by setting the fiscal deficit target at 3.5% ...
29 Feb, 2016, 04.45 PM IST
Supreme Court allows voluntary use of Aadhaar for four schemesThe schemes are the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS, the Pradhan Mantri JDY and schemes related to pension and PF.
16 Oct, 2015, 10.17 AM IST
XXL or XS: What's a good fit? Data on large vs small states is inconclusive on who performs betterIndeed size XXXL or XL may not always be a bad thing if one looks at the evidence. Further distribution of good vs bad governance appears t...
24 Feb, 2014, 11.01 AM IST
5000 teachers posts in varsities, colleges proposed under RUSACentre proposes to create 5000 faculty positions in universities and colleges under the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA).
27 Nov, 2013, 08.58 PM IST
- Kapil Sibal hopes opposition will support passage of education bills
"I believe and I hope that in the winter session, the Opposition will support us in passage of these bills," he told reporters on the sidel...
19 Oct, 2012, 03.04 PM IST
Budget 2012-13: Provide incentives to private firms to invest in education, say expertsThe government has set a huge target of achieving a Gross Enrollment Ration (GER) of 30% by 2020 from a GER of 12% recorded in 2010.
16 Mar, 2012, 11.02 AM IST
- Budget 2012: Focus on higher education sector, says DTZ
The government has set up a mammoth target of achieving a Gross Enrollment Ration (GER) of 30% by 2020 from a GER of 12% recorded in 2010.
11 Feb, 2012, 03.32 PM IST
- Four-fold increase in number of universities
Increasing universities from 350 to 1,500 is crucial if India is to sustain its growth.
02 Jan, 2007, 01.05 AM IST
- Social Sectors
As per the Human Development Reports (HDRs) published annually by the UNDP since 1991, India has consistently improved on the human develop...
26 Feb, 2005, 12.28 AM IST