Education 2019
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Union Budget 2019: Govt announces 'Study in India' programme, proposes to set up National Research Foundation and Sports Education Board
The Centre Friday allocated Rs 400 crore for setting up world-class education institutes and announced 'Study in India' programme that will aim at attracting foreign students to the country during the Union Budget 2019

Budget 2019: Kiran Mazumdar Shaw says agriculture, healthcare and education sectors likely to receive priority attention
The Agriculture, Healthcare & Education sectors are likely to receive priority attention this budget.

Miserly income-tax benefits for education have dented middle class’ passport to prosperity; Budget 2019 should address lacuna
Section 80C allows tuition fees paid for two children of the taxpayer, whether to a school or college so long as it is in India. But this section is not education-specific

Budget 2019: Share of education in total expenditure has been declining since 2014; will it be different this time?
The projection for the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) for 2019-20 does not look very cheerful for the education sector

Govt should stop interfering with how IIMs should be run; better focus on primary, secondary education
Another sore point with centres of excellence – including IIMs – is the government’s reluctance to give them total autonomy over finances.