By Alya Mishra. India is set to launch an ambitious higher education plan that will pump money into state universities, link university performance to funding and set up new institutions, thus creating expanded access to higher education for the country’s growing number of school-leavers. The Ministry of Finance recently approved Rs250 billion (US$4 billion) towards
Rashtriya Ucchatar Shiksha Abhiyan, or RUSA, which proposes to spend Rs990 billion (US$16 billion) over the 12th Plan (2012-17) and 13th Plan (2017-22) periods.
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