Centre may scrap UGC, proposes new regulator

Setting for major reforms in higher education the Centre has placed in the public domain a draft Bill for a Higher Education Commission of India aimed at replacing the University Grants Commission for eliciting suggestions from educationists.

Supreme Court notifies new roster for judges

Two days after the retirement of Justice J. Chelameswar, the Supreme Court notified a new roster for the allocation of cases to judges which will come into effect from July 2 when the top court reopens after summer vacation.

National Digital Library of India

National Digital Library of India (NDLI) is a project of the Ministry of Human Resource
Development under the aegis of National Mission on Education through Information and
Communication Technology (NMEICT).

Database on unorganised workers gets under way

Ten years after passing a law that envisaged a portable smart ID card for unorganised workers, the Centre has started work to create a national database and Aadhaar-seeded identification number system to facilitate welfare delivery to 40 crore workers in the sector.