-The Hindu India has the highest number of students in colleges after the U.S., says Kapil Sibal The percentage of students from the Other Backward Communities who have enrolled in higher education has gone past 27 per cent, but the number of students from the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes continues to be unacceptably low, an official survey has revealed. Indicating an impressive increase in the Gross Enrolment Ratio from 15 per...
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FDI has nothing to do with US: PM Manmohan Singh
-PTI Unfazed by the uproar over FDI in retail and other tough decisions, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday indicated that the government may continue with the reforms process and expressed willingness to discuss issues with allies. "We will do what is good for the country... reforms are not one-off process," he said. The Prime Minister was responding to questions on demands for rollback of decisions on FDI in multi-brand retail, diesel price...
More »Ministers' group defers decision on Land Acquisition Bill
-PTI The Group of Ministers, formed to examine certain provisions of the controversial Land Acquisition Bill, has deferred its decisions on the legislation today. "We will decide next time. This week, I am going to Vietnam and I will be back on October 4. After that, we will meet. Three members gave their views. No decision happened today," Agriculture Minister and GoM Chairman Sharad Pawar told reporters after the meeting. The government had...
More »New land acqisition bill investor friendly: Rural Development Ministry
-PTI Ahead of a meeting of Group of Ministers, Rural Development Ministry sought to allay apprehensions of industries and infrastructure sectors over the controversial land acquisition bill, contending that the amendments in the legislation are investor-friendly. In a note circulated to the members of the Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, the Ministry highlighted that the requirement of consent of all for acquiring land has been diluted and...
More »High-scoring students in Tamil Nadu get help from Supreme Court-A Vaidyanathan and Sabyasachi Dasgupta
-NDTV The Supreme Court has come to the rescue of general category students in Tamil Nadu and asked the state to create additional seats in educational institutions, particularly those in medicine. This notice will immediately benefit 24 medical and engineering students with 99 per cent marks, who couldn't get admission anywhere in the state due to the 69 per cent quota. The number of students who could eventually benefit could be much...
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