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Principal Spokesperson, Government of India & Principal Director General of Press Information Bureau (@PIB_India), Government of India
Jul 29, 2020 6 tweets 3 min read
#Cabinet approved National Education Policy 2020; Major reforms in higher education include target of 50% gross enrollment ration by 2035 and provision for multiple entry/exit Other features include graded academic, administrative and financial autonomy of institutions and single regulator for all higher education working under a self-disclosure based transparent system for approvals in place of numerous 'inspections'
Dec 24, 2019 5 tweets 1 min read
#Cabinet approves Organisational Restructuring of #IndianRailways Railways

Existing eight Group A services of the Railways will be reorganised into a Central Service called Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS) Unification of services will end 'departmentalism', promote smooth working of Railways, expedite decision making, create a coherent vision for organisation and promote rational decision making
Nov 3, 2019 4 tweets 1 min read
The Principal Secretary to PM held a high level meeting today evening through video conferencing with states of Punjab, Haryana and Delhi to tackle #AirPollution

It was decided that the Cabinet Secretary will monitor the situation with these states on daily basis.

#DelhiSmog State Chief Secretaries have been asked to monitor their districts on 24x7 basis. The Centre has asked neighboring states to reduce fire incidents and increased dust levels due to adverse meteorological conditions.