Current Affairs 30 August 2026

History & CultureMediumquizQuiz

Egypt Unearths Old Kingdom Tomb of 'Keeper of Royal Secrets' at Saqqara

•Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the discovery of an Old Kingdom tomb at Saqqara belonging to Sekhentyu-Ptah, an official who held the title 'keeper of the secrets of royal decrees'.
•The tomb was found in the Bubasteion cemetery at Saqqara during the first excavation season of an Egyptian archaeological mission.
•Finds include a funerary chapel with an inscribed false door still in its original position, three sealed stone sarcophagi, human remains, over 100 faience ushabti figurines, a wooden falcon statue and a complete alabaster ritual set.

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Rajnath Singh Unveils Statue of 1857 Warrior Queen Rani Avantibai Lodhi in Lucknow

•Defence Minister Rajnath Singh unveiled a statue of Rani Avantibai Lodhi in Lucknow on 30 August 2026, with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath present.
•Singh linked the valour of the 1857 warrior queens to the role of women pilots and soldiers in Operation Sindoor, describing it as the Nari Shakti of a new India.
•Rani Avantibai Lodhi (1831-1858) was the queen-regent of the estate of Ramgarh, in present-day Dindori and Mandla districts of Madhya Pradesh.

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Higher Education Enrolment Crosses 4.5 Crore in a Decade, GER Reaches 30 Per Cent

•The Ministry of Education released a decadal performance review of Indian higher education on 30 August 2026, drawing on All India Survey on Higher Education data from 2014-15 to 2023-24.
•Total enrolment rose 31.5 per cent from 3.42 crore to 4.50 crore, and the Gross Enrolment Ratio climbed from 23.7 to 30.0 against the NEP 2020 target of 50 per cent by 2035.
•PhD enrolment grew the fastest of any level, up 192.9 per cent from 1.17 lakh to 3.43 lakh, while integrated programmes rose 301.4 per cent.

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4th Tri-Services Future Warfare Course Concludes at Manekshaw Centre

•The fourth edition of the Tri-Services Future Warfare Course concluded in New Delhi on 30 August 2026, after a four-week programme that began on 3 August 2026 at the Manekshaw Centre.
•It was conducted under the aegis of Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff and coordinated by the Centre for Joint Warfare Studies.
•Participants included officers of the Army, Navy and Air Force alongside representatives of government bodies, academia, industry and strategic think tanks.

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National Biodiversity Authority Disburses Rs 5.68 Crore in ABS Funds

•The National Biodiversity Authority disbursed Rs 5.68 crore (Rs 5,68,18,277) under the Access and Benefit-Sharing mechanism on 30 August 2026.
•The money was transferred to State Biodiversity Boards, Union Territory Biodiversity Councils and a national research institution.
•It came from the commercial use of three agricultural biological resources - okra, cucumber and watermelon - by seed companies.

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UPI Goes Live in Uzbekistan via UZQR; 11th Country to Accept It

•NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) signed a commercial agreement on 30 August 2026 with Uzbekistan's National Interbank Processing Centre JSC (NIPC), operator of the national payment system HUMO.
•Indian UPI users can now scan Uzbekistan's national interoperable QR code, UZQR, at merchant outlets and pay directly from their Indian bank accounts.
•The arrangement covers person-to-merchant (P2M) payments only and was cleared by both the Reserve Bank of India and the Central Bank of Uzbekistan.

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PM Highlights Mission ShakthiSAT in Mann Ki Baat: 12,000 Girls, 108 Countries

•Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted Mission ShakthiSAT in the 137th episode of Mann Ki Baat on 30 August 2026, saying the dreams of the country's daughters are now taking flight from the earth to space.
•Mission ShakthiSAT is an all-girls global space education initiative led by Space Kidz India, the Chennai-based organisation headed by its founder and chief executive Dr Srimathy Kesan, and is billed as the world's first global all-girls lunar CubeSat mission.
•It brings together about 12,000 girl students from 108 countries for online coursework and hands-on training in satellite technology, with student-built payloads intended for launch on an ISRO Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.

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PM-SETU Industry Conclave in Lucknow Draws Over Rs 1,500 Crore Commitments

•The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, with the Government of Uttar Pradesh, held the PM-SETU Industry Conclave in Lucknow to draw industry deeper into the upgrading of Industrial Training Institutes.
•Approved industry partnership proposals under PM-SETU now represent more than Rs 1,500 crore of committed industry-led investment across seven ITI clusters in five states.
•Defence Minister Rajnath Singh urged defence public sector undertakings to come on board, and Skill Development Minister of State (Independent Charge) Jayant Chaudhary attended along with Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak.

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iFMS Enters Data-Driven Phase, Linking Fertiliser Sales to Land and Crop Records

•The Department of Fertilizers announced on 30 August 2026 that the Integrated Fertilizer Management System (iFMS) has entered a new, data-driven phase with a set of digital initiatives aimed at transparency, availability and earlier detection of supply problems.
•iFMS is the national platform that tracks the fertiliser chain end to end - domestic production, imports, movement by rail and road, district stocks, point-of-sale retail transactions and direct benefit transfer subsidy settlement.
•It covers more than 14 crore Aadhaar-linked buyers and over 2.5 lakh retailers, tracks roughly 7 crore metric tonnes of fertiliser sale transactions a year and underpins about Rs 2 lakh crore of annual central subsidy.

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Study Maps 219 Hanging Glaciers in Alaknanda Basin as Uttarakhand Steps Up Monitoring

•Uttarakhand has ordered monitoring of all glaciers and glacial lakes in the state after a deadly glacier collapse in Nepal, the disaster management minister Madan Kaushik said, bringing renewed attention on 30 August 2026 to a basin-scale study of hanging glaciers in the Garhwal Himalaya.
•The study, by researchers from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru and IIT Bhubaneswar and published in npj Natural Hazards in April 2026, identified 219 hanging glaciers in Uttarakhand's Alaknanda basin covering 71.7 plus or minus 3.5 sq km.
•Their total ice volume is estimated at 2.39 plus or minus 0.42 cubic km, of which 0.74 plus or minus 0.14 cubic km is hanging ice mass; nearly 30 per cent of the basin's unstable ice sits in the upper Alaknanda.

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Bangladesh and China Prepare to Launch First 2+2 Diplomacy and Defence Dialogue

•Bangladesh and China have begun preparations for their first 2+2 dialogue on diplomacy and defence, a format that brings foreign affairs and defence officials of both countries to the same table.
•The decision was taken at a meeting in Dhaka on 30 August 2026 between Chinese Ambassador Yao Wen and Bangladesh's State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
•The first round is proposed at State Minister level, and the two sides also discussed launching a Foreign Minister-level Strategic Dialogue early; no date has been fixed for either.

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Germany Beat Spain 1-0 to Retain FIH Men's Hockey World Cup Title

•Germany defeated Spain 1-0 in the final of the 2026 FIH Men's Hockey World Cup on 30 August 2026 at the Belfius Hockey Arena in Wavre, Belgium.
•Michel Struthoff scored the only goal of the match in the 44th minute, in the third quarter, and Germany defended the lead to retain the title they won in 2023.
•It is Germany's fourth men's World Cup title, taking them level with Pakistan as the joint most successful side in the tournament's history.

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EY Projects 7-7.2% Real GDP Growth for India in FY27 on Capex and Demand

•EY has projected India's real GDP growth at 7 to 7.2 per cent in FY27, with nominal GDP growth at 12.5 to 13 per cent.
•The drivers are buoyant domestic demand and government capital expenditure, which rose 23.7 per cent year-on-year in Q1 FY27 after a 23.3 per cent contraction in the previous quarter.
•Industrial output has picked up sharply: the IIP grew 7.3 per cent in June 2026, a 23-month high, with Q1 FY27 averaging 5.7 per cent.

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ICC Strips Sri Lanka of 2027 Women's Champions Trophy Hosting Rights

•The International Cricket Council removed Sri Lanka Cricket's hosting rights for the inaugural ICC Women's Champions Trophy on 30 August 2026.
•The reason is government interference: Sri Lanka Cricket has been run by a government-appointed Transformation Committee since April 2026 instead of an elected board.
•The six-team T20I tournament stays in its original window of 14 to 28 February 2027, but will be played elsewhere.

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PM-eBus Sewa Rollout Gathers Pace with Over 500 E-Buses Running in 23 Cities

•More than 500 electric buses under the PM-eBus Sewa scheme are now operational across 23 cities, with daily ridership crossing one lakh.
•The scheme, approved by the Union Cabinet on 16 August 2023, funds 10,000 air-conditioned electric buses on a public-private partnership model.
•Total outlay is Rs 57,613 crore, of which the Central Government's share is Rs 20,000 crore, with operations supported for ten years.

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ICMR Awards Rs 5.5 Crore Grant for Epidermolysis Bullosa Research in India

•The Indian Council of Medical Research has awarded a grant of about Rs 5.5 crore for research on epidermolysis bullosa, a rare inherited skin disorder.
•The grant goes to the Sri Madhusudan Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research at Muddenhalli in Karnataka's Chikkaballapur district.
•The project, ADAPT-EB, aims to develop accessible diagnostics and affordable precision therapies for the Indian population.

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ISRO to Launch EOS-05 Earth Observation Satellite on GSLV-F17

•ISRO is preparing to launch EOS-05, also called GISAT-1A, on 4 September 2026 from the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
•The 2,367 kg Earth observation satellite will be carried by the GSLV-F17 launch vehicle into a Sub-Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit.
•EOS-05 is planned as India's first imaging satellite designed to operate from a geosynchronous orbit, about 36,000 km above the equator.

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Centre Notifies Rules Making Indian Standard Time the Sole Legal Time Reference

•The Department of Consumer Affairs notified the Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2026 on 27 August 2026 under Section 52 of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009.
•The rules make Indian Standard Time the sole mandatory time reference for legal, administrative, commercial and official purposes across India.
•CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi will continue to maintain UTC(NPLI), the primary time scale from which official IST is derived.

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NASA Launches Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on a Falcon Heavy

•NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lifted off at 7:26 a.m. EDT on 30 August 2026 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
•The USD 4.3 billion observatory separated from the upper stage 31 minutes after liftoff and began a three-month journey to the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2.
•It carries a 300-megapixel Wide Field Instrument with a field of view about 100 times larger than that of the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan Hold First Defence Pact Meeting in Istanbul

•Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are holding the first meeting of the Strategic Political and Defence Committee created under their new trilateral pact, at Istanbul on 31 August 2026.
•The alliance was established on 7 August 2026 through the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, signed at Mecca by the leaders of the three countries.
•The pact contains a collective security clause under which an armed attack on one member is treated as an attack on all three, modelled on Article 5 of the NATO treaty.

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PM Modi Conferred Uzbekistan's Highest State Honour Oliy Darajali Dostlik

•Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the Order of Oliy Darajali Dostlik, Uzbekistan's highest state honour, on 30 August 2026.
•It was conferred by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the Kuksaroy Presidential Palace in Tashkent after delegation-level talks.
•The honour recognises his contribution to strengthening India-Uzbekistan relations; Dostlik means friendship in Uzbek.

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India Emerges as a Key Petrol Supplier to Russia After Refinery Attacks

•Indian refiners shipped as much as 1 million barrels of gasoline to Russia across July and August 2026 as Russian refineries came under repeated drone attack.
•Russia's seaborne gasoline imports rose to a record of about 125,000 barrels per day in August 2026, according to energy analytics firm Vortexa.
•Most of the Indian supply came from the Vadinar refinery in Gujarat, operated by Nayara Energy, in which Russia's Rosneft holds a 49.13% stake.

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India Sets First National Minimum Standards for Hospital Mortuaries

•India has finalised its first uniform minimum standards for mortuary and post-mortem infrastructure, issued as the Clinical Establishment Act Standards for Mortuary.
•The standards were framed under the National Council for Clinical Establishments, which functions under the Directorate General of Health Services.
•Mortuaries must be on the ground floor, not in basements, and away from hospital waste disposal areas, with a separate entry for body movement.

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India and Uzbekistan Elevate Ties to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

•India and Uzbekistan elevated their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's state visit to Tashkent on 30 August 2026.
•The two sides set a target of USD 5 billion in annual bilateral trade by 2030, up from the present level of over USD 1 billion.
•They agreed on a framework for the long-term supply of uranium from Uzbekistan for India's civil nuclear energy programme.

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National Small Industry Day 2026 Observed on 30 August

•National Small Industry Day is observed in India every year on 30 August to recognise the role of small enterprises in employment, entrepreneurship and industrial growth.
•The date traces back to 30 August 2000, when the Centre announced a comprehensive policy package for small scale industries covering credit, infrastructure, technology and marketing.
•MSMEs contribute 31.1% of India's GDP, 35.4% of manufacturing output and 48.58% of exports, and employ more than 38.9 crore people.

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NEET-PG 2026 held for 2.73 lakh candidates; re-test ordered for 2,445 in Jaipur

•The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) conducted NEET-PG 2026 on 30 August 2026 at 1,111 centres across 339 cities covering all 36 States and Union Territories.
•The examination was scheduled for 2,73,096 candidates; 2,65,980 appeared and it was completed for approximately 2,63,535, with live CCTV surveillance, Aadhaar-based authentication and 16 NBEMS Regional Command Centres.
•At two iON Digital Zone centres in Sitapura, Jaipur, internal power-supply failure attributable to the conducting agency M/s TCS Ltd. stopped the examination for 2,445 candidates, who will be re-examined on 5 September 2026 at 3:00 PM in Jaipur.

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Fourth Tri-Services Future Warfare Course concludes at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi

•The fourth edition of the Tri-Services Future Warfare Course concluded on 30 August 2026 at the Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi, after four weeks of instruction.
•It was conducted under the aegis of Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (HQ IDS) and coordinated by the Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS), drawing officers of the Army, Navy and Air Force along with participants from government, academia, industry and think tanks.
•Certificates were presented by the Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee, Air Marshal Tejinder Singh; the fifth edition is scheduled from 16 November to 11 December 2026.

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Vice President opens Aranmula Uthrittathi Vallamkali on the Pamba river

•Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan inaugurated the Aranmula Uthrittathi Vallamkali on the Pamba river, calling the snake-boat festival a symbol of Keralam's cultural heritage.
•He linked the festival to the Sree Parthasarathy Temple at Aranmula and to the GI-tagged Aranmula Kannadi metal mirror, and pressed for the preservation of traditional crafts and knowledge systems.
•He also greeted the state on its recent renaming as Keralam, recalling that he presided over the passage of the renaming Bill as Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

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India-Chile CEPA talks advance in Santiago; conclusion targeted within 2026

•Commerce Secretary Shri Rajesh Agrawal met Ms Paula Estevez Weinstein, Chile's Vice-Minister of International Economic Relations, in Santiago on 26 August 2026 to advance negotiations on the India-Chile Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).
•India said it remains committed to concluding the negotiations within the year, and named healthcare, pharmaceuticals, energy, minerals, agriculture, machinery and engineering as the sectors with the largest potential.
•Both sides framed the talks through their shared identity as Global South economies, and expect the CEPA to open trade and investment while building cooperation in technology, talent and resilient supply chains.

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88th Fit India Sundays on Cycle held as BRICS Run & Ride ahead of Delhi summit

•The 88th edition of Fit India Sundays on Cycle was held on 30 August 2026 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, as a National Sports Day edition organised in collaboration with BRICS under the banner 'BRICS Run & Ride 2026', and simultaneously at more than 25,000 locations across the country.
•Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Dr Mansukh Mandaviya led the ride with Indian cricket team head coach Gautam Gambhir, wrestler Sangram Singh and actor Madhurima Tuli, before a crowd of over 5,000; ambassadors and envoys of BRICS member and partner countries took part.
•Dr Mandaviya linked the edition to India's hosting of the 18th BRICS Summit at Bharat Mandapam on 12-13 September, and described cycling as delivering three benefits at once - fitness, reduced pollution and easier traffic.

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Mann Ki Baat 137th episode: Mission ShaktiSAT, Suryapath Tiranga and PM SVANidhi's women vendors

•The Prime Minister broadcast the 137th episode of Mann Ki Baat on 30 August 2026, the monthly radio programme that began on 3 October 2014 and airs on the last Sunday of each month over the All India Radio and Doordarshan networks.
•Scheme content: women make up about 46% of PM SVANidhi beneficiaries, roughly 35 lakh street vendors, and the 'Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat' campaign against substance abuse was flagged as gaining momentum.
•Patriotic observances of August were recalled - Har Ghar Tiranga with over 8 crore 'Tiranga selfies' uploaded, and the 'Suryapath Tiranga' initiative under which the Tricolour was hoisted first in Suva (Fiji) at dawn and then successively at Indian Missions across Asia, Africa, Europe and finally San Francisco.

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PM-SETU conclave: industry to hold 51% in ITI cluster SPVs, Rs 1,500 crore committed

•The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and the Government of Uttar Pradesh held the PM-SETU Industry Conclave in Lucknow on 30 August 2026.
•Each PM-SETU cluster comprises one Hub ITI and four Spoke ITIs and can attract investment of up to Rs 241 crore, funded 50% by the Centre, 33% by the State and 17% by the industry partner.
•The cluster Special Purpose Vehicle gives the Anchor Industry Partner 51% ownership, with the Centre and the State holding 24.5% each.

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National Biodiversity Authority releases Rs 5.68 crore in benefit-sharing funds to States

•The National Biodiversity Authority has disbursed Rs 5.68 crore under the Access and Benefit-Sharing mechanism of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.
•The money went to State Biodiversity Boards, Union Territory Biodiversity Councils and one national research institution, mainly against access to okra, cucumber and watermelon.
•The single largest component, Rs 3.51 crore, relates to okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) — 139 varieties and 28 hybrids — and was shared among 32 State Boards and UT Councils.

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iFMS enters new phase: 14 crore Aadhaar-linked buyers, Rs 2 lakh crore subsidy tracked digitally

•The Department of Fertilizers has moved the Integrated Fertilizer Management System (iFMS) from transaction recording to an integrated monitoring and decision-support platform.
•iFMS covers more than 14 crore Aadhaar-linked fertilizer buyers, over 2.5 lakh retailers and around 7 crore metric tonnes of fertilizer sale transactions a year, and supports subsidy administration of nearly Rs 2 lakh crore annually.
•A new Framework for Fertilizer Sale lets a farmer book fertilizer against an AgriStack-verified ID and generates a QR-based booking that is checked at the retailer's Point of Sale device.

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Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2026 notified; IST becomes the legal time reference

•The Department of Consumer Affairs notified the Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2026 on 27 August 2026.
•The Rules make Indian Standard Time the common time reference across the country for legal, administrative, commercial and other official purposes.
•They come into force 180 days after publication in the Official Gazette, giving departments and businesses time to reconfigure systems.

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India-Uzbekistan ties elevated to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership; $5 billion trade target by 2030

•Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a State Visit to Uzbekistan on 29-30 August 2026 at the invitation of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev; it was his fourth visit to the country.
•In the 15th year of the bilateral Strategic Partnership, the two sides elevated it to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
•Bilateral trade, which has crossed USD 1 billion, is now targeted at USD 5 billion by 2030, backed by a Foreign Ministers-led oversight mechanism and an Inter-Governmental Commission raised to ministerial level.

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Higher education GER touches 30% in 2023-24; universities up 69.6% in a decade

•A PIB Backgrounder issued on 30 August 2026 compiles a decade of All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) data, from 2014-15 to 2023-24.
•Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher education rose from 23.7% in 2014-15 to 30% in 2023-24, against the National Education Policy 2020 target of 50% by 2035.
•Universities grew from 760 to 1,289 (69.6%) and total enrolment from 3.42 crore to 4.50 crore (31.5%).

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