The Union Budget 2026 has sent a clear and unified signal across India’s education ecosystem: the country’s next phase of growth will be powered not by demographics alone, but by how effectively education translates into skills, innovation, and employability. From vice-chancellors and institutional leaders to global education organisations and industry skilling experts, stakeholders broadly agree that this year’s Budget represents …
The Union Budget 2024-25 presented on July 23 for education sector didn’t reflect any change from the interim budget presented earlier this year on February 1. Everything is same as in the interim budget. Actually, what is baffling most analysts is that most of education budget doesn’t come from the main consolidated fund of India but education cess. The cess …
‘Our ask for the Education Sector is clear and pivotal for India’s future growth and development. Over the past decade, government spending on education has regrettably declined from 3.1% to 2.9% of GDP. To effectively address the critical needs of Education, Higher Education, Skills Development, Faculty Competency Development, and enhancing the employability of our graduates, upcoming Union Budget must prioritize education’ In …
Apprenticeships articulate the multi-stakeholder demand for higher collaboration between employers, universities, and skills, including 1/3rd college, 1/3rd employment exchange, and 1/3rd ITI. We can reap significant rewards if we can cultivate support and agency via the budget to make this a vehicle fit for reaping our demographic potential says Ramesh Alluri Reddy, CEO at TeamLease Degree Apprenticeship The upcoming budget for 2024-25 is expected …
Budget 2024-25 is anticipated to be reform-oriented and immensely crucial for India to compete and adapt amid significant global political and economic shifts. Therefore, a lot of industry leaders wish for suitable budgetary measures that would help the country to navigate the challenges. According to Anish Srikrishna, CEO, TimesPro, the current GST rate of 18% on education, comparable to that on …
By Autar Nehru An important practice in journalism is to add emotional relief for readers/viewers to tragic/accident news stories by way of saying for instance ‘the injured have been taken to the nearby hospital’ even though they would be without saying this. In a similar fashion, the union budgets in the past would make a soothing statements or announcement of …
