What is Priority Sector Lending? Priority Sector means those sectors which the Government of India and Reserve Bank of India consider as important for the development of the basic needs of the country and are to be given priority over …
About the Scheme Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (SSY) is a government-backed small savings scheme that helps parents secure the future of their girl child. It was launched in 2015 as a part of the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) campaign. BBBP …
What’s in the news? According to a report by professional social networking platform LinkedIn, ‘Women in Leadership in Corporate India’, representation of women in corporate roles — which has for long been below 30% in India — has been especially …
Context: Since the first appearance of global university ranking systems around two decades ago, rankings have come to dominate the attention in higher education ecosystems around the world. Today, many countries including China, Japan, and Russia have committed substantial resources …
What’s in the news? The Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education in collaboration with IIT Kanpur has started SATHEE (Self-Assessment, Test and Help for Entrance Examination) portal to provide quality education to every student who intend to participate in …
What’s in the news? The scheme Scholarships for Higher Education for Young Achievers Scheme – SHREYAS, has been proposed to implement during the 2021-22 to 2025-26 by placing two ongoing Central Sector schemes for OBC and others namely – National …
About the Scheme Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme is a tri-ministerial initiative of Ministries of Women and Child Development, Health & Family Welfare and Education which focuses on awareness and advocacy campaign for changing mind-sets, multi-sectoral action, enabling girls’ …
What’s in the news? More than 1.36 crore school students from all 36 States and UTs participated enthusiastically in the 3rd edition of the Veer Gatha Project. The students sent poems, paintings, essays, videos, etc. to honour the acts of …
About EMRS The scheme of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) was introduced in the year 1997-98 with an objective to provide quality middle and high-level education to Scheduled Tribe (ST) students in remote areas in order to enable them to …
About The Central Government has launched PM SHRI Schools (PM ScHools for Rising India) in 2022. This will be a new centrally sponsored scheme for upgradation and development of more than 14500 Schools across the country by strengthening the selected …