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Opportunity India Desk Jan 31 2024 - 2 min readPresident Droupadi Murmu, in her inaugural address at the new Parliament building, highlighted the ongoing efforts to support the micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) sector in the country. She emphasized that the world recognizes India's potential to strengthen the global supply chain, attributing this belief to the country's commitment to developing a ...
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Priyanka Tanwer Feb 01 2023 - 6 min readUnion Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday presented the Budget 2023-24 in the Parliament which was also focused on education. The central government has planned to spend over INR 1.12 lakh crore in the education sector in the country. There is a significant increase in the outlay of the Ministry of Education from estimates of ...
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Franchise India Bureau Jan 05 2019 - 1 min readThe Rajya Sabha has given approval to the National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The Bill seeks to retrospectively grant recognition to certain institutions running teacher education courses as well as grant retrospective permission to start new courses. The National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993, is amended by the Bill. The Bill is ...
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Franchise India Bureau Jan 04 2019 - 1 min readThe Rajya Sabha has passed the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, 2019, seeking to scrap the "no detention" policy up to Class 8th to improve learning outcomes. The bill has already been passed by Lok Sabha. However, the Bill has left it in the hands of the state governments to ...
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Franchise India Bureau Jul 20 2018 - 0 min readThe University Grants Commission (UGC) has formed a committee to suggest examination reforms in institutions of higher learning, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. "The UGC has intimated that it has constituted a committee under the chairmanship of M M Salunkhe, former vice-chancellor, Central University, Rajasthan to look into matters related to examination reforms," ...