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National Education Policies 1968 and 1986
So far, two National Education Policies have been in force in India. Third one is the recent draft. National Education Policy, 1968 First such policy had come in...Draft National Education Policy (NEP) 2016
The draft of National Education Policy (NEP) 2016 was released recently by the MHRD and suggestions were invited on the same from the public domain. The focus of the...Draft Indian National Defence University (INDU) Bill, 2015
In August 2016, a Draft Indian National Defence University (INDU) Bill, 2015 was put online and suggestions were invited from public for the proposed university. Background The idea...
National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)
National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a methodology adopted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) in order to rank all institutions of higher education in India. The Framework was approved by...
Various Issues Around Medical Council of India
In first week of April 2016, a Parliamentary Standing Committee had come up with its 92nd report on “Functioning of the Medical Council of India”. In this backgrounder, we look...
Issues around Fixed Dose Combination (FDC) Drugs
Fixed-drug combinations (FDCs) refer to the combinations of two or more active drugs {called APIs or Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients} in a single dosage form. Such combination of drugs...National Education Mission
All schemes related to literacy / education improvement have been put under the umbrella of National Education Mission by Narendra Modi Government. The National Education Mission itself is...ASHA, ANM and Anganwadi Workers
One of the key components of the National Rural Health Mission / NHM is to provide every village in the country with a trained female community health activist...
Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA)
Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) is a proposed not-for-profit agency with initial capital base of Rs. 1000 Crore. It was announced in Union Budget 2016-17. Organization The HEFA...
New BCG-based TB vaccine-VPM1002
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis infection can be of two kinds-latent and active. Latent tuberculosis is not contagious and do not...
National framework for Malaria Elimination (NFME) 2016-2030
In February 2016, the Government has launched National framework for Malaria Elimination, which outlines the strategies for eradication of the disease by 2030. The framework defines goals, objectives,...
