OneIndia, April 28, 2016
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minster Mr. Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval for signing the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE), National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Wadhwani Operating
The Times of India, April 25, 2016
NEW DELHI: In good news for people seeking government jobs, over two lakh posts are estimated to be created by the central government in its various departments. The central government has projected in the budget estimates for 2016-17 an increase of about 2.18 lakh in the existing workforce of 33.05 lakh by 2017.
DNA, April 23, 2016
Having received public grievances in the name of feedback from countrywide consultations on the New Education Policy (NEP), the five-member draft committee that was to submit its draft report by December 2015, is yet to make a submission.Till three weeks ago, the committee was meeting individual stakeholders
COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM
- Niti Aayog Finalizes Action Plan For India’s Double Digit Growth
Teleanalysis, April 22, 2016 - NITI Aayog takes steps to foster cooperative federalism
Business Standard, April 18, 2016 - NITI Aayog plans new planning framework
The Hindu, April 12, 2016 - States should compete for Make-in- India
The Financial Express, April 04, 2016
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS
- Centre planning online recruitment for government jobs
The Economic Times, April 30, 2016 - Bureaucracy has had it too easy
The Hindu Businessline, April 14, 2016 - IPS officers seek pay parity with IAS counterparts
The Times of India, April 14, 2016
RURAL ECONOMY
- Dry times
Economist, April 30, 2016 - Redress rural India’s distress
The Hans India, April 24, 2016 - Online trading platform for farm goods launched
The Hindu Businessline, April 14, 2016 - Revised MGNREGA wages put States in a quandary
The Hindu Businessline, April 14, 2016
EDUCATION REFORMS
- Gender disparity in Higher Education
Dailyexcelsior, April 30, 2016 - Fixing India’s school system
Scroll.in, April 30, 2016 - Researching education
Livemint, April 28, 2016 - Higher education sinks lower in India
Free Press Journal, April 28, 2016 - Need for one education system
DNA, April 23, 2016 - Fixing educational policy’s failure
Livemint, April 20, 2016 - A higher price for education
The Indian Express, April 13, 2016
SKILL DEVELOPMENT
- Only skill development can save us from mass unemployment and unrest
Hindustan Times, April 18, 2016 - AICTE launches new skill development scheme in colleges
The Tribune, April 16, 2016
ECONOMIC REFORMS
- Across the aisle- Economic reforms: Act I, Scene I
The Indian Express, June 26, 2016 - Celebration time is over; what Modi govt is thinking about economic reforms?
One India, June 14, 2016 - Indian economy set to soar irrespective of PM Narendra Modi’s reforms agenda; here’s how
The Financial Express, June 06, 2016