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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the Modi government will increase the target of women beneficiaries under the Lakhpati Didi Scheme to three crore women. She highlighted the transformative impact of Self Help Groups (SHGs) and the governments efforts to empower women through schemes like triple talaq ban, reservation of seats, and PM Awas Yojana. The government will also encourage cervical cancer vaccinations for girls between nine and 14 years.

The Finance Minister emphasized the importance of addressing four key categories in her speech: the impoverished, women, youth, and farmers.

Interim Budget 2024: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also highlighted the achievements of the Skill India mission, which has trained 1.4 crore youths, upskilled and reskilled 54 lakh, and established 3,000 new ITIs.

Nanded district was identified as it was the closest to the state's average in the previous ASER survey and thus was used as an indicator for the whole of Maharashtra.

Australian government lowered the upper age limit to curb instances of ‘visa hopping’, wherein tourists used to visit Australia on a visitor visa and enrol themselves in a diploma or a bachelor’s degree program and later apply for an on-shore study visa.

As per All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE), the female enrolment in STEM courses has increased from 38.4 per cent in 2014-15 to 42.6 per cent in 2021-22 (Provisional).

Innovation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is a product of a promising mind interacting with a conducive social system, the IIT Madras Associate Professor says.

'It is important to provide additional scholarships, perhaps provide a necessary support system at the school level to take up science and technology as a subject and bring in academic and career counselling sessions at the school level,' MAHE V-C M D Venkatesh said.

Technical colleges have started revoking admission letters for learners who had been selected to pursue business courses.

Where will the business trainers and students go?