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Let sleeping bourses lie: Why the new BJP West Bengal govt shouldn't help resurrect Calcutta Stock ExchangeWest Bengal finance minister Swapan Dasgupta, while presenting the 2026 state budget, said the new BJP government plans to revive the Calcu...
Chandigarh, Punjab, Delhi among top performers in school education during 2023-24: MoE reportThe 2023-24 Performance Grading Index (PGI-D) by the Education Ministry reveals the top and low performing states and UTs in school educati...
West Bengal on top, Uttar Pradesh at bottom of index for literacy among children below 10 yearsAmong smaller states, Punjab was at the top of the index while Telangana was at the bottom while Puducherry topped the index among union te...
Kerala, Maharashtra and Punjab top education ministry's 2020-21 Performing Grade IndexSix states and one Union territory have attained the best rating of Level 2 (L2) in the ministry's Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2020-21,...
Foundational literacy: The way forwardThe Index presents a comprehensive evidence-backed view of factors driving India's low learning outcomes in early grades and outlines pathw...
Mamata Banerjee congratulates teachers, education dept officials as Bengal tops chart in literacy indexBengal has occupied the top position and Bihar languished at the bottom in the 'large states' category on the 'Index on Foundational Litera...
PM's Economic Advisory Council calls for complete restructuring of curriculum for early grades“Given the massive learning loss across the grades due to Covid, expanding the scope of foundational learning and numeracy (FLN) to include...
Foundational literacy index: West Bengal tops chart, Bihar at bottom in large states categoryAs far as worst performers are concerned, Ladakh has featured at the bottom in the list of UTs, while Arunachal Pradesh came last in the No...
Maharashtra to have India’s first ideal digital villageUnderpinned by public health initiatives of the state government, the village is now in the reckoning for the PM’s Award for excellence in ...
Kerala politics have undergone a "sea change": Ananth KumarPolitical atmosphere in Kerala has undergone a "sea change" and people now want to reject Congress-led UDF and CPI(M)-led LDF, Union Minist...
Government seeks to woo Nitish Kumar with new backward state measureAdoption of new Index by the Centre can potentially set the stage for realignment of political forces in Bihar.
Amartya Sen vs Bhagwati: Who is right in the debate on Gujarat-Kerala growth models?The 79-year-old’s detractors led by Jagdish Bhagwati question his intellectual honesty and the quality of his works. ET probes the relevanc...
Gujarat's model of economic development is not impressive on a closer look at figuresNarendra Modi says Gujarat's model of economic development can be implemented in the rest of the country but a closer look shows that the m...
- Kolkata's corporate biggies at ET Pre-Budget Roundtable
A team of Kolkata's industry and corporate biggies, tax experts and an economics talent from IIMC at the ET Pre-Budget Roundtable on boldne...
- Growth sans welfare is meaningless
Aruna Roy & Nikhil Dey: It is time we realise how important it is for our future that we see economic, social & environmental health as int...
- Going Metrosexual: Capital cityzens emerge country’s most privileged lot
Delhiites are the most privileged in the country on just about every parameter: per capita income and expenditure, employment in the organi...
- Social Sectors
As per the Human Development Reports (HDRs) published annually by the UNDP since 1991, India has consistently improved on the human develop...