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Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: G.N. RAO The country’s higher education system ranks among the largest globally with 4.33 crore students enrolled in 2021-22, a 26.5% increase from 3.42 crore in 2014-15. The Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) for the 18–23 age group also increased from 23.7% to 28.4% during this same…
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Chief Economic Advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran during a press conference on Economic Survey 2024-25, in New Delhi on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI India’s equity market has rapidly grown particularly after the pandemic, but its debt market remains undercapitalised, according to the Economic Survey for 2024-25 tabled in Parliament on Friday. Corporate bond issuances in India…
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Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The secondary markets have delivered positive performance amidst significant volatility witnessed since the commencement of FY25 and on a longer-term basis, Indian markets have been among the best-performing markets in the world the Economic Survey 2024-25 has stated. “The compounded annualised returns of Nifty 50 for…
The real challenge in school education is to maintain the retention rates for all classes, from primary to higher secondary levels, the Economic Survey 2024-25 said on Friday. Retention rate is the percentage of students who enrol in a school and continue over a specific period of time. “Retention rates stand at 85.4% for primary…
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Village women work under MGNREGA scheme at Jagannath Prasad village in Ganjam district, Odisha on Saturday. | Photo Credit: PTI There had been a consistent increase in Female Labour Force Participation Rate (FLFPR) over the past seven years driven largely by a rise in women entering workforce in rural India, the Economic Survey for 2024-25…
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Steady growth of exports — merchandise and services — in the first nine months of FY 25 to touch $ 602.6 billion indicates India’s resilience in the midst of global headwinds of economic and trade policy uncertainties, said the Economic Survey 2024-2025. However, challenges remained due to elevated geo-political risks, high freight costs, and imposition…
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Indian National Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The parliamentary strategy group of the Congress on Friday (January 31, 2025) decided that it would raise the issue of the Maha Kumbh stampede before Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivers her Budget speech. “We will raise the issue of deaths at Maha Kumbh…
Presenting the Economic Survey on Friday (January 31, 2025), Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran, among other things, put forth a case for deregulation. According to him, “pervasive” deregulation would not only facilitate ease of doing business but also enable conditions for employment generation. He emphasised this an imperative, among other things, as a means…
Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Lack of localisation and complexity of the Indian textile value chain result in higher costs for Indian exporters in the textile sector, relative to global competitors. India’s textile production occurs across multiple independent and clustered Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) spread across the country….
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Skyrocketing fees for undergraduate medical education remains a considerable challenge that denies the opportunity to make the MBBS degree accessible and affordable for students from less privileged backgrounds, states the Economic Survey 2024-25. Since financial year 2018-19, the number of medical colleges grew from 499 to 648 in FY 2023 to 780 in FY 2025,…