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The content is available in English, Hindi and Urdu. The platform offers a slew of educational resources, including NCERT textbooks for classes 1-12, audio-visual resources by NCERT, periodicals, supplements, teacher training modules and a variety of other print and non-print materials.
Those who wish to adopt the textbooks are required to send a request to NCERT, upon which soft copies of the books are received. The material is press-ready and may be printed by paying a 5% royalty, and by acknowledging NCERT. [11] The textbooks are in color-print and are among the least expensive books in Indian book stores. [11]
NDLI Ph-I lasted till 30 September 2017. The initial duration of Ph-II was from 1 October 2017 to 31 March 2020 but due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this phase was extended till 31 March 2021. Ministry of Education, Govt. of India initiated the Ph-III of the project, and its duration is from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2026. [2] [3]
Titled A Brief Memorandum Outlining a Plan of Economic Development for India, the signatories of the plan were [1] J. R. D. Tata, Ghanshyam Das Birla, Ardeshir Dalal, Lala Shri Ram, Kasturbhai Lalbhai, Ardeshir Darabshaw Shroff, Sir Purshottamdas Thakurdas and John Mathai. The Plan went through two editions: the first was published in January 1944.
Composition of India's total production of foodgrains and commercial crops, in 2003–04, by weight. India ranks second worldwide in farm output. Agriculture and allied sectors like forestry, logging and fishing accounted for 18.6% of the GDP in 2005, employed 60% of the total workforce [13] and despite a steady decline of its share in the GDP, is still the largest economic sector and plays a ...
As the national struggle intensified, the Government of India conceded some of the economic demands of the nationalists, including the establishment of a central bank. [16] Accordingly, the Reserve Bank of India Act was passed in 1934 and a central bank came into being on April 1, 1935, with Sir Osborne Smith as its first Governor. [16]
It refers to the annual growth rate of India's economy before the economic reforms of 1991, which averaged 4% from the 1950s to the 1980s. [1] Advocates of liberalisation often use this term. However, modern neoliberal economists criticise the term, as they believe that the low growth rate was caused by the failed five-year plan model and ...
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in India has reached 2% of GDP, compared with 0.1% in 1990, and Indian investment in other countries rose sharply in 2006. [18]As the third-largest economy in the world in PPP terms, India is a preferred destination for FDI; [19] India has strengths in information technology and other significant areas such as auto components, chemicals, apparels ...