HYDERABAD: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has urged Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to immediately release the pending grant of Rs 1,800 crore to the backward districts of Telangana as per the AP Reorganisation Act. Revanth discussed with the Union minister the grant which is to be received from the Centre for the development of backward districts and reminded her …
The centrally Responding to a written question in the Upper House, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan noted that an expert committee constituted by the University Grants Commission had identified 374 EBDs where Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher education was less than the national average of 12.4 per cent based on the 2001 census data. “Under the erstwhile scheme of setting …
Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Monday said the policy think tank is fine tuning indicators used in ranking 112 most backward districts every month under the government's Aspirational Districts Programme. Addressing a virtual event organised by Niti Aayog, he said eventually, the think tank should end up ranking all districts of the country. The Aayog ranks 112 most backward …
