India, World Bank sign $500 million loan pact for rural roads
The Economic Times, May 31, 2018
The Economic Times, May 31, 2018
India signed a USD 500 million (Rs 3,371 crore) loan pact with World Banktoday to provide additional financing for PMGSY rural road projects.
UGC may set up panel on national security research
The Hindustan Times, May 27, 2018
The Hindustan Times, May 27, 2018
The University Grants Commission is considering establishing a ‘National Level Council of National Security Research & Studies’. A committee has been formed to consider whether it should be within the UGC or outside it, and other modalities.
UPSC score may no longer be enough to bag service; selection process to get tougher
BusinessToday, May 22, 2018
BusinessToday, May 22, 2018
UPSC or Union Public Service Commission as we know might be changed if a proposal to alter the format is accepted. In the proposed move, marks scored in the highly-competitive exams and cracking the interview might not be the only criteria to land the service candidates desire.
COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM
- The last resort
Deccan Chronicle, May 30, 2018 - NITI Aayog for portal to let startups use public data
The Economic Times, May 27, 2018 - Niti Aayog governing council to discuss ‘New India 2022’
The Economic Times, May 15, 2018 - The State(s) of the nation (Cooperative Federalism)
Business World, May 10, 2018
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS
- A blow to civil service ideals
The Hindu, May 28, 2018 - New dark cloud hangs over India’s babudom
The Asianage, May 26, 2018 - Wrong end of the frame
The Indian Express, May 24, 2018 - IAS versus IPS
Deccan Chronicle, May 20, 2018 - The Modi mould for Indian regulators
Livemint, May 10, 2018
RURAL ECONOMY
- Free LPG, electricity for all villages boost Modi govt’s rural outreach
Livemint, May 26, 2018 - India bearing the cost of ignoring rural distress
Livemint, May 21, 2018 - Taxing farm income has always been under consideration of successive governments
The Economic Times, May 13, 2018 - The problem of lack of rural electricity demand
Livemint, May 08, 2018
EDUCATION REFORMS
- Teacher test set for comeback
The Telegraph, May 31, 2018 - Govt looks to incentivize states for improving school education
Livemint, May 30, 2018 - Exams in classes V, VIII to return as no-detention policy ‘fails’ national test
The Times of India, May 28, 2018 - Time to reform the regulatory framework in higher education
DNA, May 28, 2018 - Liberate higher education
The Pioneer, May 27, 2018 - A myth called merit
The Indian Express, May 17, 2018
JOBS & SKILLS
- India’s employment crisis
The Hindu Businessline, May 27, 2018 - Jobs top priority as UGC sets target 2022 for all institutes
The Economic Times, May 24, 2018 - Govt to execute flagship apprenticeship programme with private participation
The Economic Times, May 12, 2018 - Rethinking education and skilling in India
ORF, May 10, 2018 - The most demanded skills of the future 2022
Deccan Chronicle, May 09, 2018
ECONOMIC REFORMS
- Govt must continue with reforms despite political compulsions
The Indian Express, May 27, 2018 - Legal shield in the works for foreign investments
The Economic Times, May 18, 2018 - Stop this jobs charade: on India’s unemployment problem
The Hindu, May 08, 2018
