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May 23, 2025 2:40 PM

PM Modi: ₹21,000 crore invested in education sector in North-East over last decade

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the Rising North East Summit in New Delhi, underscored the pivotal role of skill development in accelerating growth and shaping a secure future for the region. He said the North-East offers a conducive environment for progress in this direction, with the central government consistently investing in education and capacity-building efforts. The Prime Minister informed that over the last ten years, ₹21,000 crore has been allocated to the educati...

March 27, 2025 10:54 AM

Recruited 4,656 teachers to provide quality education: Tripura CM

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Wednesday said that the state government has taken various significant steps to provide quality education to students and recruited 4,656 teachers in the last five financial years. Answering questions of the MLAs in the Tripura Assembly session, the Chief Minister said that to provide better education, ‘Nipun Mission’ was launched in the state on November 18, 2022. The National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NI...

March 16, 2025 11:44 AM

Gadkari stresses need for education in Muslim community, slams caste politics

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday emphasised the crucial role of education in the upliftment of the Muslim community and strongly criticised the prevalence of caste-based politics in the country. Speaking at the convocation ceremony of the Central India Group of Institutions in Nagpur, Gadkari said that education is the cornerstone of development and social progress. He stressed that the Muslim community, in particular, needs to focus more on educational advancement. “In our society, ...

February 24, 2025 4:34 PM

Education is the biggest investment in life: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the inaugural session of the Madhya Pradesh Global Investment Summit (GIS) 2025 in Bhopal on Monday, emphasized the value of education, calling it “the biggest investment in life.” PM Modi shared that his arrival at the summit was delayed by 15 minutes to avoid disrupting students appearing for Class 10 and 12 board exams. “I came to know that students of Class 10 and 12 had exams today, and the timing coincided with my departure from Raj Bha...

November 28, 2024 3:18 PM

After two-week closure, educational institutions in Manipur to resume regular classes from Friday

After two weeks of closure, regular classes in all educational institutions, including schools and universities in six districts, will resume from Friday, an official said on Thursday. Director of Education (Schools) L. Nandakumar Singh and Joint Secretary (Higher and Technical Education Department), Daryal Juli Anal in separate orders asked all the district and zonal level officers to take appropriate steps to resume the classes of all government, private, government-aided educational institut...

July 30, 2024 9:03 PM

Govt increases allocations for all social sectors in budget, including agriculture and employment

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed the parliament on Tuesday, responding to discussions on the recent budget. She emphasized significant increases in allocations for various social sector schemes compared to both the previous year and 2013-14. Sitharaman reported that the government's overall expenditure has grown to Rs 48.21 lakh crore, projecting a 7.3% increase over 2023-24 and an 8.5% rise over pre-actuals of 2023-24. In her address, the Finance Minister detailed the growth in s...