The number of management colleges has dropped from 3,609 in 2014-15 to 3,264 in 2017-18.
With the creation of the state of Telangana, additions were made to ToRs of the 14th Finance Commission to make recommendations for the newly created states after the reorganisation of Andhra Pradesh.
Income velocity based on currency with the public went down from 0.93 in October to 0.84 in March says a report from SBI's economic research department
Third of faculty positions vacant. One per cent seats empty. New institutes lag in infrastructure, research.
Seven students were made international offers.
UIDAI has asked police to investigate, it was not fully convinced about nature of the incident
'Even if something appears to be wrong, we can always request the government and Parliament to make amends.'
Government gives 60 institutes freedom to fix courses, collaborate with foreign peers.
With certain quarters demanding privatisation of public sector banks in the aftermath of the alleged fraud at Punjab National Bank (PNB), Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister chairman Bibek Debroy tells Sanjeeb Mukherjee, Ishan Bakshi and Indivjal Dhasmana that reducing government equity even to zero would not mean giving up of government control over these banks.
Infrastructure, stricter implementation boost commercial vehicle sales
Vikram Kothari, managing director of Rotomac Pens, is now fighting a battle that might be difficult to win.
The government would be setting up a National Health Protection Council, National Governance Board and National Health Agency before roll-out of the scheme on August 15.
The 14th Finance Commission had recommended that states' share in the divisible tax pool be raised to 42 per cent, from 32 per cent earlier.
Experts believe that states will be in a predicament because of their tight fiscal position and reluctance to replace their own health schemes with this newly announced National Health Protection Scheme.
Rawat has a short tenure in his new role, but it is likely going to be an eventful one, reports Sahil Makkar.
The budgeted indirect tax collection target is Rs 9.26 trillion, and the Centre has collected around Rs 5 trillion in the first 8 months. So it needs another Rs 4.2 trn in the last four months
Lower revenue collection puts upward pressure on government borrowing, ensuring that it deviates from the glided path of debt reduction
The year 2018 is likely to be steady in terms of institutional investment into real estate
Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje breaks her silence.
The precautions are being proposed to ensure that other cattle varieties are not exported or transported outside the state as Nagori cattle