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Upcoming Events:
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CUTS & FES Webinar on “Assessing India’s Sustainable Mobility Landscape: A Policy Framework Approach”
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Registration Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/DQNIiIjrTGOEH0Z7Qoj1Tw
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Virtual Panel Discussion on “Unlocking the Potential of Rajasthan’s Underexplored Regions: Infrastructure, Inclusion, and Innovation”
Thursday, November 18, 2025
Skill India Scheme gets dedicated data & strategy unit
The Economic Times, September 26, 2025
The MSDE has established a data and strategy unit (DSU) to enhance the monitoring of the Skill India Programme. This initiative, prompted by MoSPI, aims to identify skilling gaps and opportunities. The DSU will facilitate data-driven decision-making, strategy formulation, and improved coordination among ministries for a robust skilling ecosystem.
The Economic Times, September 26, 2025
The MSDE has established a data and strategy unit (DSU) to enhance the monitoring of the Skill India Programme. This initiative, prompted by MoSPI, aims to identify skilling gaps and opportunities. The DSU will facilitate data-driven decision-making, strategy formulation, and improved coordination among ministries for a robust skilling ecosystem.
Govt to add over 10,000 MBBS and PG seats, Cabinet approves phase 3 of medical college upgrades
The Indian Express, September 25, 2025
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the third phase of the centrally sponsored scheme to add 5,023 MBBS seats and 5,000 PG seats in existing government medical colleges and institutes at a cost of Rs 15,034 crore over the next three years.
The Indian Express, September 25, 2025
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the third phase of the centrally sponsored scheme to add 5,023 MBBS seats and 5,000 PG seats in existing government medical colleges and institutes at a cost of Rs 15,034 crore over the next three years.
Four sub-panels to finalise education policy in Telangana
The New Indian Express, September 15, 2025
The recently formed committee tasked with formulating the Telangana Education Policy (TEP) has decided to constitute four sub-committees with each sub-panel to be entrusted with the responsibility of examining specific areas and submitting a detailed report by October.
The New Indian Express, September 15, 2025
The recently formed committee tasked with formulating the Telangana Education Policy (TEP) has decided to constitute four sub-committees with each sub-panel to be entrusted with the responsibility of examining specific areas and submitting a detailed report by October.
COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM/NITI AAYOG
- Niti Aayog reviewing innovation metrics for better ranking
The Economic Times, September 23, 2025 - NITI Aayog’s human capital revolution
The Pioneer, September 15, 2025 - Is GST 2.0 Back to Its Core Principles: Focus on Simplicity, Fairness, Efficiency?
Deccan Chronicle, September 10, 2025
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS
- India needs mission-mode bureaucrats to deliver growth, jobs, and services
Business Standard, September 25, 2025 - ‘Karmachari’ to ‘karmayogi’: PM Modi’s blueprint to future-proof governance
Business Standard, September 15, 2025 - How and why Civil Servants should be ‘enablers’ of growth, not mere ‘regulators’
The Indian Express, September 14, 2025
RURAL ECONOMY
- Centre mandates 65% NREGS spending on water conservation works in ‘over-exploited’, ‘critical’ rural blocks
The Indian Express, September 26, 2025 - With credit monitoring, rural economy on the verge of unlocking huge potential
Livemint, September 24, 2025 - How farmers can drive income and rural employment via multi-waste biogas plants
The Hindu Businessline, September 19, 2025
JOBS & SKILLS
- India must grow 12% to address job-skill mismatch
The Economic Times, September 30, 2025 - 21st-century skills: India’s passport to the future
The Pioneer, September 30, 2025 - In uncertain times, skilling is India’s safety net
Deccan Herald, September 26, 2025 - Centre flags 11 gaps in skilling India’s workforce for Viksit Bharat
The Economic Times, September 22, 2025
EDUCATION REFORMS
- Reimagining higher education in India: NCrF, AI, and real-world learning
The Hindu, September 24, 2025 - PM Modi’s Education Mission for India’s Future: A Decade of Reform
The Sunday Guardian, September 17, 2025 - From NEP To Digital Classrooms: Education Reforms Under PM Modi
BWeducation, September 17, 2025 - AI bot in the classroom: Time to fight off this attack on education
Livemint, September 15, 2025 - Bringing global education home
The Hindu, September 15, 2025
ECONOMIC REFORMS
- Avoid a copy-paste model as a pilot project of deregulation gets underway for four leading Indian states
Livemint, September 29, 2025 - India’s 2025 reform moment: Deregulation as the next growth catalyst
The Economic Times, September 29, 2025 - Skilling women is India’s biggest economic opportunity
Hindustan Times, September 21, 2025
