Free schooling for girls from Class VI to XII

The government on Thursday announced free education for every single girl child from Class VI to XII from the current academic year and scholarships for girls at both under-graduate and......

Explained: How National Testing Agency functions

The National Testing Agency (NTA) is at the centre of controversy over alleged irregularities in competitive exams conducted by it. Amid the raging row over the recently conducted NEET-UG and......

New academic session in varsities by Oct 1: UGC

The new academic session in universities and colleges across the country will begin from October 1, while the admission process has to be completed by September 30, according to new guidelines of......

Education in Bihar gets fillip

President's rule has proved to be a boon for students and for college and university teachers waiting long for wage arrears in the educationally backward state of Bihar.Bihar is under President's......

Companies may be allowed to set up universities

The government is planning to permit corporate houses to set up higher educational institutions -- like multi-disciplinary universities and colleges -- by floating a separate not-for-profit entity......

Pranab Mukherjee's Interim Budget speech

External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is also managing the finance ministry, presented the Interim Budget for 2009-10 in Parliament on Monday. Following is the text of the entire Budget......

Finance Minister P Chidambaram's speech

Mr. Speaker, Sir It is my privilege to present the Budget for 2007-08. I. A MID-TERM REPORT CARD ON THE ECONOMY 2. In November 2006, the UPA Government crossed the midpoint of its term of office. A......

Chidambaram's Budget speech

Speech of P. Chidambaram Minister of Finance PART A Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to present the Budget for the year 2005-06. 2. Last year, while presenting the Budget, I had suggested that the vote in......