Sibal plans to make 10th exam optional

As part of efforts to reduce 'trauma' of students and parents and make the admission process smooth, government favours a single school board at the all-India level and make 10th board examination......

PM's speech at Governors' Conference

Following is the full text of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speech at the Governors' Conference in New Delhi on Wednesday:"I am delighted to greet and welcome the Hon. Governors and Lt. Governors......

Soon, women in India will get legal equality

Women in the country can hope for complete legal equality, with the Government making efforts to remove discriminatory legislations, President Pratibha Patil said on Monday. "We have moved closer......

India home to a third of world's illiterates

Acknowledging it is home to 268 million of the world's 771 million illiterates, India on Wednesday cited plans to spend Rs 6,000 crores to make 85 per cent of Indians literate over the next five......

Haryana's mission to become an investment hotspot

Despite the Jat agitation and investor scepticism, the state is trying hard to improve ease of doing business by several notches. The seventh of a 11-part series looks at the state of affairs in......

Jan-Dhan not perfect, but its progress is laudable

The government scheme has a long way to go before its ultimate goals of universal financial inclusion and financial literacy are achieved, says Sumita Kale. The previous article set out the......

Less money for IITs, IIMs

In keeping with the United Progressive Alliance's promise of inclusive growth, the finance minister on Friday proposed 15 per cent higher allocation for school and higher education in 2010-11.......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......