Budget 2017: What FM Jaitley proposed for youth, rural women

Here are five key measures announced by the government:

Updated on: Feb 1, 2017, 12:41:31 IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Dhrubo Jyoti

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Broad education reforms and rural women were the focus of finance minister Arun Jaitley’s budget speech on Wednesday. Here are five key measures announced by the government:

Students leave the campus of Guru Harkrishan Public school at Vasant Vihar after appearing for Neet 2, All India Pre Medical entrance exam, in New Delhi, in this file photo from June 24, 2016. (Arvind Yadav / Hindustan Times)

• Mahila Shakti Kendras to be set up at Rs 500 crore in 14 lakh anganwadi centres

• Broad-based skill training: Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra to be promoted in 600 plus districts. 100 more skill centres will be established

• Reforms will be undertaken in the University Grants Commission that governs universities in India

• Additional 5,000 post graduate medical seats per annum will be launched

• For youth, a system of measuring annual learning will be introduced and science will be given focus. Good quality institutions will have more autonomy. Colleges will be given autonomous status.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dhrubo Jyoti
Dhrubo Jyoti is Deputy Executive Editor at Hindustan Times, where they help oversee the newspaper’s daily news and opinion coverage. They are part of the leadership team of the newspaper and their daily responsibilities include news selection, commissioning and editing, apart from planning and executing special projects. Apart from this, they write on national affairs at the intersection of caste and sexuality, with a focus on elections, politics and the lifeworlds of the caste marginalised. Formally trained in physics from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata and Bose Institute, Kolkata, they made a switch to studying journalism from the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai. Over the past decade at Hindustan Times, they have worked at the National Desk, Page 1 team, Integrated Copy Desk and Special Stories Team, before running the opinion page as views editor for two years, and then moving back as Senior Editor of News Operations. In the past 12 years, they have reported on numerous national and state elections, specialising on caste-informed coverage of major moments in India’s history, and focussing on leading investigations into government accountability and social inequities. Their narrative non-fiction work aims to put Dalit voices at the core of India’s LGBTQIA+ movements.Read More