India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Year 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Number of Students 445580 752100 894758 760060 619264 University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued 16 Letters of Intent (LoIs) to Foreign Higher Educational Institutions (FHEIs) from Australia, Italy, United Kingdom and the United States of America. UGC has issued LoIs to six FHEIs in Karnataka, six in Maharashtra, three in Delhi NCR and one in Tamil Nadu. Out of the six LoIs in Maharashtr...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Education is a subject in the Concurrent List and both the Parliament and the state legislatures have powers to legislate. As per Entry 66 List I of Schedule VII to the Constitution of India, the power to legislate for "Co-ordination and determination of standards in institutions for higher education or research and scientific and technical institutions", vests in the Central Government. Section 26 (1) (e) of University Grants Co...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Education being a subject of the Concurrent List of the Constitution, both the Centre and States/ UTs are responsible for the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and Schools in the country. The Central Higher Education Institutions (CHEIs) under the Ministry of Education including Central Universities, are statutory autonomous organizations established under respective Central Acts of Parliament and governed by provisions of the...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Education is a subject in the Concurrent List of the Constitution. Schools, other than those established, owned or controlled by the Central Government, are under the jurisdiction of the respective State Governments/UT Administrations. Therefore, matters related to the management of schools that are not established, owned or controlled by the Central Government are regulated in accordance with the rules and instructions of the resp...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: (i) One Special Educator for every 10 CwSN at the primary level; and (ii) One Special Educator for every 15 CwSN at the upper-primary level. Total CwSN Enrolment for all management NumbeR of Schools having Dedicated Special Educator India 2211226 116695 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 872 21 Andhra Pradesh 92055 7094 Arunachal Pradesh 3174 202 Assam 57367 2038 Bihar 179917 10931 Chandigarh 3594 89 Chhattisgarh ...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 highlights the importance of multilingualism and places strong emphasis on the promotion of all Indian languages. In alignment with the objectives of NEP 2020, the Government of India has undertaken several initiatives promoting education, preservation and research on Indian languages. These efforts have further been augmented through the adoption of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Le...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Government of India has framed the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 with a vision to strengthen learner-centric and technology-enabled education. In alignment with this vision, the Government has envisaged the establishment of a Digital University platform to provide flexible learning for all students. The National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT), under the Ministry of Electronics & Informatio...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Year 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 Fund released 13839.43 16859.87 19054.74 19770.47 20527.43 Expenditure 13606.52 16080.55 18676.31 19742.07 20507.48 Year 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 (As on 06.08.2026) Central Share 249.13 359.50 181.06 350.83 864.25 507.00 Released The details of total funds released by the Ministry of Education and utilised by the University Grants C...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Establishment of a dedicated functional group in IMD to strengthen research and development in AI/ML applications for weather, climate and extreme weather forecasting. Development of a deep learning model (meteoGAN) for the Delhi-NCR region, successfully tested for rainfall downscaling at 300-metre spatial resolution using ground-based observations and Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station Data (CHIRPS). Devel...
India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued its First Stage Long Range Forecast for the 2026 Southwest Monsoon Season on 13th April 2026, predicting below-normal seasonal rainfall at 92% of the Long Period Average (LPA). This was updated in the Second Stage forecast to 90% of the LPA, while anticipating the development of El Niño conditions. In line with these predictions, June recorded 35% below-normal rainfall with 70% ...