HRD Ministry

National Institute of Science Education & Research (NISER), which was dedicated by the Prime Minister in this month during his visit to Odisha on Feb 7, has got approval from the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to…

The year 2015 will be recorded as a landmark year in education sector in many respects.  One of the major achievements which Ministry of Human Resource Development accomplished during the year includes achievement of 100% target of…

Educations being a subject in the Concurrent List of the Constitution, majority of schools are under the purview of the State Governments and, therefore, it is for the respective State Government to take appropriate action in bringing…

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Report, 2015 points out that India has witnessed significant progress towards meeting the MDGs, with some targets having been met ahead of the 2015 deadline. It says that India has made significant…

An amount of Rs. 70.00 crore has been allocated in BE 2015-16 for National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme. The estimated number of beneficiaries under this scheme during 2015-16 is 205000. 96521 scholarships pertaining to previous…

As per Census reports, there has been steady improvement in literacy rates since independence as the literacy rate has increased from 18.33 per cent in 1951 to 72.98 per cent in 2011. Government keeps phase-wise targets to achieve higher…

Leading Psephologist Yogendra Yadav, who has recently joined Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), has been sacked from the University Grants Commission (UGC) by the government even as he termed the decision as a "political vendetta".…