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              Performance Grading Index 2018-19 and 2019-20 released            THE RECORD-BREAKING
            BETTER LEVEL OF SCHOOLING IN 365 DISTRICTS                            YEAR 2022 FOR INDIA


        Education is the most fundamental benchmark of a civilized society.     When a country takes a timely
        Strengthening this foundation starts from school. The Indian education   decision with the right intention
        system is the largest in the world comprising around 26 crore students   with inclusive thinking then its
        from  various socio-economic  backgrounds,  97  lakh teachers,  and     progress is very fast. The year
        1.5 million schools. But how is the education facilities in these 1.5   2022  is proving to be a new
                          million  schools?  How is  the  infrastructure? How   record  year  for  India  which
                          is  the  management?  What  is  the  level  of digital   has been moving with this new
                          learning? How much did the states / UTs improve       thinking in the last 8 years. India
                          in this as compared to last year? ... for the first time   has set new records from GST
                          in the year 2019, the Union Ministry of Education     collection to various economic
                          released  a  state-wise  performance grading  index   parameters
                         to  find  answers  to  about  12  such  questions.  For        FINANCIAL YEAR
        the first time, the district-wise report has been released for the year
        2018-19 and 2019-20. This report has been prepared in 9 categories.           2021-22
        Daksh is its highest category. Also, there are categories like Utkarsh,
        Ati  Uttam, Uttam, Akankshi.  In  the  year 2018-19,  an  evaluation  of   Highest export
        school education has been done on just 54 points, while in the year       Most digital transactions
        2019-20, it has been done on 83 points. According to the report, the      Highest Railway Freight
        level of school education in about 365 districts of India is Ati Uttam. 3   Loading
        districts of the country have made a place in the 'Utkarsh category'. A   Most Electric Mobility
        detailed report can be viewed at https://pgi.udiseplus.gov.in/#/home.     adopted
                                                                                  Highest E-way Bill
        UPI TRANSACTIONS ROSE 90 PERCENT TO RS 26.19 LAKH CRORE                   Highest indirect tax collection
                                                                                  Largest growing major
        Since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took over the reins of the country     economy
        in 2014 there has been a revamp in the banking, digital, and technology
        sectors. The Digital India program, which started on July 1, 2015, has
        set many milestones in this field, while UPI has made a new history                April
        of success every year. According to the latest report of World Line, in          2022
        the first three months of the year 2022, between January and March,
        a total of over Rs 14.55 billion worth of transactions worth Rs 26.19       Highest GST collection
        lakh crore were transacted through UPI. This figure of transactions is      Meeting the highest
        about 99 percent higher than the same period of 2021 and 90 percent         demand for electricity
        higher in terms of value.


                                                     ONE COUNTRY-ONE RATION CARD
                                 NOW TAKE RATION FROM ANY PART OF THE COUNTRY, ASSAM
                                         BECOMES THE LAST STATE TO JOIN THE SCHEME


          Your ration card is made in a village or city in   country. On  June  21,  Assam  became the  last
          Madhya  Pradesh,  Maharashtra,  or Bihar.  But     state  to  join  the  scheme.  Let  us  tell  you that
          you went to work in Delhi, Punjab, Kolkata, or     the Central Government has also launched the
          Assam for  employment. But  now there  is  no      'Mera  Ration'  mobile  application  (Mera  Ration
          tension.  You  can  get  an  equal  ration  through   App)  to  allow  availing  maximum  benefits  of
          a  ration  card  in  the  same  state.  Launched  in   this  scheme. This  app is  providing real-time
          August 2019,  'One  Country-One  Ration  Card'     information to the beneficiaries. It is currently
          has  now been  implemented  in  the  entire        available in 13 languages.


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