22,000 rural agriculture markets to be linked by 2020
The Economic Times, June 29, 2018
The Economic Times, June 29, 2018
Union Minister of State for Agriculture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Friday said 22,000 rural agriculture markets will be linked to make a national agricultural market by 2020.
Extension for education policy panel
The Telegraph, June 22, 2018
The Telegraph, June 22, 2018
The government has given yet another extension to a panel set up to prepare a draft national education policy even as some experts voiced doubts over whether any recommendations could be implemented in the last year of the current regime.
Government to soon launch national portal with skilling data
The Economic Times, June 22, 2018
The Economic Times, June 22, 2018
The government is collating the rise in the number of skilled persons in the country since the launch of the flagship Skill India programme, following on from efforts to tally jobs.
COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM
- NITI Aayog to set up sub-group to study treatment pricing of key ailments under Ayushman Bharat
Firstpost, June 28, 2018 - Narendra Modi’s vision of cooperative federalism
The Hindustan Times, June 19, 2018 - Niti Aayog to launch Composite Water Management Index
The Hindu /businessline, June 13, 2018 - NITI Aayog to back 3,000 new Atal Tinkering Labs, taking total number of ATL schools to 5,441 nationwide
Firstpost, June 12, 2018
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS
- Has the IAS Failed the Nation?
EPW, June 23, 2018 - Centre confirms plan to amend RTI Act, refuses to provide details of amendment bill
The Financial Express, June 16, 2018 - Bureaucrats More Wary of ‘How’ Than ‘Why’ of Lateral Entry into Civil Services
The Wire, June 14, 2018
RURAL ECONOMY
- Scheme named after former PM Indira Gandhi to be closed
The Economic Times, June 27, 2018 - The Indian women lighting the way for change
BBC, June 22, 2018 - Assuring farmers – PM’s digital outreach initiatives are laudable
DNA India, June 22, 2018 - Rural housing scheme a mega job-spinner
The Time of India, June 12, 2018
EDUCATION REFORMS
- Number of female students at IITs set to go up
Hindustan Times, June 30, 2018 - Govt’s plan to repeal UGC and the inane world of Educational reforms
OutlookIndia, June 29, 2018 - Taking the ‘G’ Out of UGC: Regulator to Lose Funding Role with New Name; AICTE Overhaul Next
News18, June 27, 2018 - A system of rank inequalities
India Today, June 24, 2018 - The elite should pay for their education
The Financial Express, June 23, 2018 - Teacher eligibity test to continue in 20 languages
The Asian Age, June 19, 2018 - Government likely to drop single education regulator plan
The Economic Times, June 07, 2018
JOBS & SKILLS
- 5 Skills you need to become technology-proficient for the Jobs of tomorrow
Businessworld, June 28, 2018 - Unemployment doles don’t get the job done
The Financial Express, June 22, 2018 - Skill development & employability through vocational careers
The Hans India, June 01, 2018
ECONOMIC REFORMS
- Looking ahead for India
The Financial Express, June 22, 2018 - The time when technocrats in bureaucracy catalysed economic reforms
The Times of India, June 11, 2018 - The revival signs of Indian economy
FreePressJournal, June 06, 2018
