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CCEA approves Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for reforming the state higher education system. Key features of RUSA in the 12th Five-year Plan RUSA will have a financial ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2013
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Bihar, UP to be key contributor to workforce of the future: Census
As per the Census data, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar with their highest under-14 child population will be the major contributor to the workforce, with developed States like Kerala and Tamil Nadu reaching or already crossed their peaks. The census shows ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2013
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Delhi, AP, Haryana and Uttarakhand launch Food Security Scheme
The State Governments of Delhi, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana and Uttarakhand have launched the Centre sponsored Food Security Scheme. The food security scheme aims at ensuring the poor to get essential food commodities such as wheat and rice at affordable prices including ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2013
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Food Bill: some States gain and some lose in allocation of food grain
Although the National Food Security Bill is still pending in the Parliament, the Centre has intimated to certain States that their food grain allocation would decline in spite of the mandatory 75 % rural and 50 % urban populations being covered under the proposed new law. ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2013
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Food Bill: some States gain and some lose in allocation of food grain
Although the National Food Security Bill is still pending in the Parliament, the Centre has intimated to certain States that their food grain allocation would decline in spite of the mandatory 75% rural and 50% urban populations being covered under the proposed new law. As per ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2013
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
World Bank & ADB to provide $ 400m to disaster-hit Uttarakhand
The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $ 400 million for reconstruction and rehabilitation in the disaster-hit areas in Uttarakhand. The fund would be spent in works in sectors including the housing, tourism, irrigation, agriculture, education, and ..