Central Government News

This year, the central government has issued scholarships worth Rs 75 crore for 3,500 students from Jammu and Kashmir. The scholarships were issued to these students under the 'special scholarship scheme' to enable them to pursue higher education outside the state. ...

With an aim to meet India's required skilled labour, the government has plans to impart skill training to about 40 crore people in the next few years. This skill training project will be done under the amibitious 'Skill India' initiative, according ...

Intelligence Bureau of India has invited applications from interested and eligible candidates for the posts of Security Assistant. The bureau has released official notification inviting applications from interested and eligible candidates. Details of the Vacancies: Name of the post: Security ...

The government will provide Wi-fi connectivity to all central universities under the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) programme. The government announced the plan in Lok Sabha on December 21. In a written reply in Lok Sabha, ...

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to drop the process of interview for recruiting government employees from the Red Fort on Independence Day this year, Department of Personnel and Training is identifying posts for which interviews can be eliminated. According to ...

New Delhi, February 25: The possibility of an university dedicated to arts and crafts is being actively considered by the Government. The HRD Ministry has set up a committee to explore the possibility of having such a university and submit ...

New Delhi February 24: The Central government is taking up a initiative to introduce a new system to grade universities of the country, states a recent communication to the Supreme Court (SC).  The process of framing the requisite criteria ...

New Delhi: The government could propose an ambitious programme of setting up of 'kindergarten to post graduate' institutions in educationally-backward districts of the country. The proposal in under consideration of the HRD Ministry and could be mentioned in the Union ...

New Delhi, February 9: To bring about an effective regulation in education offered through distance mode, government is planning a legislation making Distance Education Council (DEC) an independent statutory body. The move is in line with the recommendations of the ...

New Delhi, December 11: Parliament Wednesday passed a bill to convert three Schools of Planning and Architecture into centres of excellence and enable them to confer degrees on students. The School of Planning and Architecture Bill, 2014, which has ...

New Delhi, December 4: All central universities have been requested to explore the possibility of opening a Sanskrit department in an attempt to promote the language, Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani said Wednesday. "In order to promote ...

New Delhi, November 28: In accordance with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's emphasis on skill development, the Delhi government has roped in some companies under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode to upgrade the infrastructure of nine Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) and make students ...

New Delhi, November 28: The central government Thursday reiterated its position that Sanskrit would be the third language in place of German in Kendriya Vidyalayas from class 6 to 8. The government's position came as Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi sought ...

The Central government plans to launch a Rashritya Avishkar Abhiyan, or national innovation mission, next year, Union human resource development minister Smriti Irani said at an event in the Capital last week. "Next year, we hope to roll ...