India, Aug. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, lays emphasis on improving the overall quality of education in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) through a set of initiatives that include promotion of multidisciplinary education, nurturing critical thinking and analytical ability, promoting research and innovation, improving the quality of infrastructure, effective and qualitative teacher training etc. The National Institutional Ranki...
India, Aug. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: As per the recommendations of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has brought out the National Curriculum Framework for Foundational Stage (NCF-FS) 2022 and the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE) 2023. These frameworks provide the basis for stage-wise and subject wise curricular goals, competencies, learning outcomes, syllabi, textbooks,...
India, Aug. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Government of India has framed the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 with an aim to provide holistic, multidisciplinary, flexible and student-centric education. It encourages integration of skill education & envisions a detailed National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) as the basis for Recognition of Prior Learning. In alignment with the objectives of NEP 2020, the Government has approved the National Credit Framew...
India, Aug. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Education is a subject in the Concurrent List of the Constitution and the recruitment, service conditions and deployment of teachers fall within the administrative domain of the respective State Governments and Union Territory Administrations. The Supreme Court of India, vide its judgment dated 01.09.2025, inter alia, held that the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) is one of the minimum qualifications prescribed under Section 23 o...
India, Aug. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Activities 2024-25 2025-26 Infrastructure 196277.15 287194.70 Teacher Salary 1723439.79 1350868.60 Free Textbooks 255132.60 235322.84 Free Uniforms 384593.26 387101.53 Year 2024-25 2025-26 Total share of Education 63252.86 65890.50 Component 2024-25 2025-26 PSK 40,900.00 48,049.09 MUSK 11162.60 10314.31 SI.No States/UTs 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 Amount Amount Amount Amount 1 A&N Island...
India, Aug. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and its line institutions, actively identify and monitor Invasive Alien Plant Species (IAPS). For identification of invasive species, a separate album of 45 major invasive species has been prepared by Forest Survey of India (FSI). According to FSI, invasive plants show a very dense to a moderate-to-dense and scanty occurrence in the Reserved Forest Areas. Botanical Sur...
India, Aug. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: SI. No. States Creation of Plantation / Eco-restoration 1 Andhra Pradesh 1,433 2 Arunachal Pradesh 5,314 3 Chhattisgarh 22,601 4 Haryana 3,755 5 Himachal Pradesh 1,299 6 Jammu & Kashmir 1,778 7 Karnataka 2,722 8 Kerala 14,290 9 Madhya Pradesh 32,831 10 Maharashtra 5,223 11 Manipur 17,488 12 Mizoram 19,643 13 Odisha 20,711 14 Punjab 7,168 15 Sikkim 6,567 16 Uttarakhand 14,836 17 We...
India, Aug. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: On World Lion Day 2026, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav, celebrated India's remarkable journey in lion conservation and reaffirmed the country's unwavering commitment to protecting wildlife and biodiversity. In a post on social media, the Minister noted that the Asiatic Lion population has steadily increased from 523 in 2015 to 891 in 2025. He attributed this achievement to the dedic...
India, Aug. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance, is set to host PSB Confluence, a two-day ideation conclave scheduled to be held on 17-18 August, in New Delhi, bringing together the leadership of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) and Public Financial Institutions (PFIs). The event aims to foster collaborative dialogue, exchange best practices, and chart out actionable, time-bound strategies with a strong focus on people-ce...
India, Aug. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Continuing its sustained crackdown on illicit manufacture and transnational trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has unearthed an organised network involved in the clandestine manufacture, concealment and illegal export of Tramadol Hydrochloride tablets, a scheduled psychotropic substance, to African countries. The week-long intelligence-led operation resulted in t...