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UGC Draft Guidelines: UGC has extended the date for receiving feedback on the draft recruitment and promotion norms till February 28
Opposing something just for the sake of opposing it may be fashionable, it may be a good political posturing but is certainly petty politics, Dharmendra Pradhan added.
The panel has also noted the poor integration of social science training in technical institutions beyond the IITs, IIITs and contractual appointments in central universities.
The six states have opposed the UGC draft regulations, citing concerns over VC appointments, flexible degree structure, and federal autonomy.
The National Education Policy, 2020 envisages the creation of HECI as the principal regulator for higher education.
CSIR-JRF certificate has a validity of two years. “This leaves limited time for them to qualify for a scientist position before crossing the 32-year age limit," scholars said.
The 'Subhadra Yojana' scheme is designed to provide eligible women aged 21 to 60 years with Rs 50,000 over five years, from 2024-25 to 2028-29.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Saturday that the government plans to add 75,000 seats in medical colleges in the next five years.
State Information Technology Minister Ashish Shelar said that the task force includes experts from the academia, industry and government.
Union Budget 2025: For the next fiscal year (2025-26), government plans to add seats in 5 new IITs, especially IIT Patna, and in medical colleges. It had allocated a record Rs 1.20 lakh crore to the education sector for the current year.
