Code of conduct will not affect RTE process, lottery to be conducted shortly
BENGALURU: Parents looking to getting seats for their wards under Right to Education (RTE) quota for 2018-19 academic year don’t have to worry. The State Election Commission has cleared the request submitted by state Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to allot seats through online lottery.
Officials from the department have confirmed that they have received permission on Wednesday and the lottery will be conducted in the next two days.
As per the schedule, online lottery for allotment of seats under RTE quota should be conducted on April 20. But the department did not notify the date as there was no response from the State Election Commission. “As we have received the communication now, the notification will be issued,” said P C Jaffer, commissioner of DPI.
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Manmohan Singh saved India from economic crisis and debt trap: Deve Gowda
Bengaluru (PTI): Terming former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's death a "great loss" for the nation, JDS supremo H D Deve Gowda on Friday credited him with "saving the country" from an economic crisis and preventing it from falling into a "debt trap".
The former Prime Minister described Singh as a simple, honest, and gentlemanly figure. Manmohan Singh, the architect of India's economic reforms, passed away in New Delhi on Thursday night at the age of 92.
Manmohan Singh served as the Finance Minister in the Narasimha Rao government in 1991, during one of the most critical economic periods in the country's history. He took on the responsibility and did his utmost to save the nation from the economic crises, Gowda said.
Speaking to reporters, he said otherwise, the country would have fallen into a debt trap. "Such was the severity of the situation. To address this, the Narasimha Rao government with Singh as the Finance Minister made the decision to pledge 130 tonnes of gold."
Singh then introduced economic reforms such as liberalisation, privatisation, and foreign direct investment, Gowda said, adding that all these initiatives were implemented by him as Finance Minister under Prime Minister Narasimha Rao.
Manmohan Singh was a distinguished economist who worked at the World Bank, served as the Reserve Bank Governor, and acted as an advisor to the Government of India. With his vast experience, he went on to serve the nation for ten years as Prime Minister. His death is a great loss to the nation, he added.
