The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the collaboration project of Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IITH) under the Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan by Government of Japan and grants by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. The project costing Rs. 1776.50 crore will be financed out of the ODA loan… Read More
Tags: Government of Japan, Hyderabad, IIT, India, Indian Institute of Technology, Japan, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Official Development Assistance
Smt. Anita Kaul, a 1979 batch IAS officer of the Karnataka cadre, here today took charge as the Secretary, Department of Justice in the Ministry of Law & Justice. She brings with her rich administrative experience as she has worked in various capacities at the Centre and the State level. Immediately before joining the Department… Read More
Tags: Government, India, Justice Department, Karnataka, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Principal Secretary (India), United States, United States Department of Justice
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for increase in the present income criterion of Rs. 4.5 lakh per annum for applying the Creamy Layer restriction throughout the country, for excluding Socially Advanced Persons/Sections (Creamy Layer) from the purview of reservation of Other Backward Classes (OBCs). The new income criterion will be Rs. 6 lakh… Read More
Tags: Business, Cabinet of India, Consumer Price Index, Creamy Layer, Human Resources, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Other Backward Class, Union Cabinet
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Human Resource Development for the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA). This will facilitate the States / UTs to execute the civil works for construction of new schools as well as expanding capacity in existing schools. The details are as follows: (i)… Read More
Tags: Five-year plans of the People's Republic of China, Information and Communication Technology, Ministry of Human Resource Development, RMSA, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Secondary school, Sikkim, Vocational Education