4,000 institutions under One Nation One Subscription scheme haven’t received benefits: Par panel

4,000 institutions under One Nation One Subscription scheme haven’t received benefits: Par panel

Around 4,000 out of 7,008 eligible institutions under the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) scheme of the Ministry of Education have not received its benefits, a parliamentary panel has flagged. The Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports, headed by Congress MP Digvijaya Singh, directed the furnishing of updated information on the current […]

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‘A short-sighted approach’: Parliamentary panel recommends BElEd programme’s continuation

‘A short-sighted approach’: Parliamentary panel recommends BElEd programme’s continuation

A parliamentary panel has recommended the continuation of the Bachelor of Elementary Education (BElEd) programme, a four-year course in elementary teacher education, which the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has proposed to scrap. Discontinuation of the programme based on factors like the number of institutions or structural alignment is a “short-sighted approach that risks […]

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Ensure airlines do not practice predatory pricing under cloak of free market economy, Parliament panel tells govt

Ensure airlines do not practice predatory pricing under cloak of free market economy, Parliament panel tells govt

Among others, there have been complaints about sudden surge in air ticket prices during peak travel seasons. File | Photo Credit: G.P. Sampath Kumar A parliamentary panel has asked the Civil Aviation Ministry to cap the upper and lower levels of airfares, and ensure that predatory pricing mechanism is not adopted by the airlines under […]

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Ensure airlines do not practice predatory pricing under cloak of free market economy, Parliament panel tells govt

Ensure airlines do not practice predatory pricing under cloak of free market economy, Parliament panel tells government

Among others, there have been complaints about sudden surge in air ticket prices during peak travel seasons. File | Photo Credit: G.P. Sampath Kumar A parliamentary panel has asked the Civil Aviation Ministry to cap the upper and lower levels of airfares, and ensure that predatory pricing mechanism is not adopted by the airlines under […]

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Competition issues | Paytm, Oyo and Zomato founders among tech firms officials to meet parliamentary panel

Competition issues | Paytm, Oyo and Zomato founders among tech firms officials to meet parliamentary panel

Competition Commission of India is already probing various cases, especially in the digital space, following complaints of alleged unfair business practices Competition Commission of India is already probing various cases, especially in the digital space, following complaints of alleged unfair business practices Top executives of eight domestic tech firms, including Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma and […]

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