Government to allow Foreign Investments in Education

Updated on: Thursday, April 23, 2015

The HRD ministry has been advised by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) to open an investment cell to pull foreign investments in the education sector.

Departments of school education and higher education will set up their own investment cells as instructed by DIPP secretary. This cell will provide details on policies of the ministries, and state governments, incentive schemes available to make it easy for the investors.

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