Sukanta Majumdar

October 15, 2026 1:20 AM

Majumdar Calls for Faster Banking Expansion as 73% of Identified Northeast Villages Are Covered

Of the 9,479 identified villages in the Northeast, 6,905 (around 73 per cent) are now connected to a bank branch or India Post Payments Bank (IPPB), while 2,574 remain to be covered, Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region and Education, Dr Sukanta Majumdar, said. He called for accelerating banking expansion, improving access to credit and strengthening coordination between banks and State Governments to ensure that the benefits of financial services reach all parts of ...

October 6, 2026 6:10 PM

Vice President calls for discovery, preservation, publication of unpublished Sanskrit manuscripts

Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan on Tuesday called upon teachers and students of Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University to undertake the discovery, preservation, critical editing and publication of unpublished Sanskrit manuscripts. Participating in the University’s Second Convocation in New Delhi, he said the Gyan Bharatam Mission, backed by a foundational corpus of ₹500 crore for manuscript preservation and documentation, is bringing India’s vast manuscript heritage to th...

August 10, 2026 9:47 PM

Government outlines multi-pronged measures to address student suicides, strengthen mental-health support

The government has outlined a range of measures to address student suicides and strengthen mental-health support for students across schools and higher educational institutions, including counselling services, suicide-prevention protocols, anti-ragging measures and a national tele-mental health programme. Minister of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha on Monday that the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) collects data on suicides based on cases recor...

July 24, 2026 9:45 AM

NEP 2020 laying foundation for inclusive, skill-centric and future-ready education: Sukanta Majumdar

Union Minister of State for Education and Development of North Eastern Region Dr. Sukanta Majumdar on Thursday said the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is laying the foundation for an inclusive, skill-centric and future-ready education system, while stressing the need for stronger implementation of centrally sponsored schemes to achieve the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047. Addressing the concluding session of the two-day Conclave of State and Union Territory Education Ministers at the ICAR–...

July 31, 2025 3:21 PM

Centre constructs 16,207 km of highways, sanctions ₹69,342 crore for railway projects in Northeast

The Central Government has constructed 16,207 km of National Highways and sanctioned ₹69,342 crore for railway projects to bolster infrastructure and accelerate economic development in the Northeastern Region (NER), the Parliament was informed on Thursday. Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region Sukanta Majumdar told the Rajya Sabha that the Ministry of Railways has approved 12 railway projects - including 8 new lines and 4 doubling projects - spanning a total length of 777 ...