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"It is felt that our system needs a greater inflow of finance to attract talented teachers, innovate and build better labs. Therefore, steps would be taken to enable sourcing External Commercial Borrowings and Foreign Direct Investments so as to be able to deliver higher quality education," announced Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union Budget for the fiscal year 2020-21

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Making students employable or causing disparity? Experts on FDI, ECB in education “It is felt that our education system needs a greater inflow of finance to attract talented teachers, innovate and build better labs. Therefore, steps would be taken to enable sourcing External Commercial Borrowings and Foreign Direct Investments so as to be able to deliver higher quality educatio...

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India’s 2018 score increased by 0.075 to 5.639 placing it 10th in the Asia and Oceania region and 59th (out of 125) in the world.

India’s "Legal and Political Subindex" increased by 0.088 to 4.582. India’s "Physical Property Rights Subindex" increased by 0.201 to 6.532. India’s "Intellectual Property Rights Subindex" decreased by -0.06 to 5.802

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Department of industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) plans to include categories like , , and in ease of doing a business ranking of states next year.

Based on the latest rankings, the ease-of-doing-business scorecard is divided into four parts: "Top Achievers" (above 95%, 9 states), "Achievers" (90-95%, 6 states), "Fast Movers" (80-90%, 3 states) and "Aspires" (Below 80%, 18 states)

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New Categories Like Retail, Telecom To Also Account For Ease Of Doing Business Rankings By DIPP Going forward DIPP is planning to add more categories like retail, telecom etc in the ease of doing business rankings

Two southern states, Andhra Pradesh (AP) followed by Telangana, topped the ease of doing business index for the 2016-17 financial year.

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Ease of doing business rankings: Why World Bank should take note of Maharashtra, Delhi missing from top 10 in DIPP's index - Firstpost To assess ease of doing business in India, Asia's third largest economy, World Bank should consider quizzing those operating outside Maharashtra and Delhi

"Unrecognised schools such as Lord Krishna do not find a place in the list of bona fide institutions maintained by the directorate of education, and their academic achievements aren't always accepted by other schools. But for the capital's citizens aspiring towards better education for their children, these schools offer the best alternative to government pedagogy. Not only do they offer 'English-medium' education, but they also charge an affordable fee unlike the recognised, private schools."

Why unrecognised Delhi schools are still trusted - Times of India Education News: NEW DELHI: This could be the last year that Shahnawaz Saifi studies in Lord Krishna School in Sangam Vihar.

Baladevan Rangaraju, India Institute is speaking on Blockchain for Property Governance at Paramadina Graduate School of Diplomacy, Indonesia on 13 February.

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Police brutality caught on camera: K’taka cops hit two men for jumping traffic signal A horrific video has emerged from Koppal in Karnataka, where a police officer is seen hitting a man with what appears to be a leather strip. In the clip, the man grimaces in pain when he is struck but the officer is not done. He turns to another man and takes aim before striking the man hard on his�...

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