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Govt bid to raise ₹17,000 crore to fund higher education hits hurdles
Funding agencies, including PFC, LIC, HUDCO and NABARD have expressed their limitations in helping HEFA raise the funds
2 min read1 Aug 2018Govt looks to turn some educational infra aid into loans
Move seeks to reduce govt burden on arranging budgetary funds
2 min read5 Jul 2018Govt to raise ₹1 trillion from market for funding education infrastructure
The funds will be raised from a clutch of sources, including education bonds, commercial borrowings and corporate houses
2 min read4 Jul 2018Higher education in India gets a ₹8,000 crore boost
The Union cabinet has increased Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA)'s capital base to ₹10,000 crore from ₹ 2,000 crore
1 min read4 Jul 2018Govt may turn to firms to fund higher education
A plan has been drafted by the ministry of human resource development and will be presented before the Union cabinet for consideration
1 min read3 Jun 2018Upholding secularism in Bangladesh
Despite having a secular Constitution originally, successive governments after 1975 chipped away the secular edifice, to make the country more Islamic
4 min read1 Jun 2017Higher education institutes to get HEFA funds from next session, says Javadekar
Prakash Javadekar said HEFA will raise up to Rs10,000 crore from the market and lend to government-run higher educational institutions
2 min read10 Feb 2017PM Narendra Modi to review progress on education reforms
HRD ministry to brief the prime minister's office on higher education financing agency or HEFA and world-class university initiative
2 min read13 Jan 2017Allocation for education likely to see 12% increase in budget 2017
A major part of the increased allocation will be for improving education outcome in schools, in keeping with the emphasis on education, especially in schools
2 min read4 Jan 2017Govt dilutes higher education financing agency’s equity requirements
Instead of the Rs2,000 crore equity the cabinet approved earlier this month, HEFA will now have Rs1,050- 1,100 crore of equity
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