-Scroll.in More than a tenth of GDP is provided by government expenditure. This is (more) bad news for the Indian economy. In 1773, the British Parliament passed the Regulating Act, appointing a governor general to oversee all of British India. This law marked the beginnings of the Central government of the British Raj, the single most significant institution to shape the Indian subcontinent for the next two centuries. It continues till today...
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Why most drop-outs from IITs, IIMs are from reserved category? -Shyna Kalra
-The Indian Express In terms of IITs, the maximum dropouts are seen in IIT-Delhi, while at IIMs, most dropouts took place at IIM Indore followed by IIM Kashipur. At IIM-Kashipur, all the dropouts in the past two years were reserved-category students. Out of 2,461 students who dropped out from Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in the last two years, 371 students were from the Scheduled Caste (SC), 199 from the Scheduled...
More »The malaise of malnutrition -Thomas Abraham
-The Hindu India needs to double yearly rate of fall in stunting cases to achieve its 2022 target A new report, ‘Food and Nutrition Security Analysis, India, 2019’, authored by the Government of India and the United Nations World Food Programme, paints a picture of hunger and malnutrition amongst children in large pockets of India. This punctures the image of a nation marching towards prosperity. It raises moral and ethical questions about...
More »DoE finds 73 government schools with Pass Percentage of below 50 in X Boards -Shradha Chettri
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Unlike the Class XII results, the performance of Delhi government schools in CBSE’s Class X examination has been a cause of concern. While 73 schools have recorded a Pass Percentage of less than 50%, 88 schools have witnessed a dip in the same by more than 20% points, reveal official documents. Although the overall Pass Percentage has improved by 2.64% points to 71.97% this year, Delhi...
More »Report card: RPVVs score over Kendriya Vidyalayas -Shradha Chettri
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Among government schools in Delhi, the performance of the state-run Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalayas (RPVVs) is better even than that of the Kendriya Vidyalayas run by the central government. On Friday, Delhi government presented a detailed analysis of the results, showing how the Pass Percentage of RPVVs increased to 99.9% from 99.79% last year. In comparison, the Pass Percentage of Kendriya Vidyalayas this year was 99.4%....
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