The CCPA issued 20 notices earlier and has been fining the coaching centres for the last 4 years. By November 2024, cumulative fines exceeded Rs 54 lakh on 18 institutes.
The Pratap Nagar Coaching Hub is orderly, clean, spacious, and safe but coaching institutes seem reluctant to leave their cramped, hazardous setups. For students it’s a promised land.
An analysis of NEET 2024 results by IIT Madras showed an upward trend in number of top scorers from the heavily frequented coaching hubs of the country, compared to last year.
For families, many of whom take loans to pay the fees, the Act is a welcome and much-needed move in a sector plagued with malpractice, fly-by-night coaching centres, and rising student suicides.
After getting penalty notices for false advertisements, some coaching institutes have gone to court. The Central Consumer Protection Authority is going to fight them.
From Gujarat to West Bengal and Kerala to Uttar Pradesh, state-run UPSC coaching centres are now part of the Rs 3,000 crore industry in India. But they don’t market themselves overtly.
Plutus IAS, Yojna IAS, TheHinduZone.com, and Kautilya IAS are among the best institutes offering IAS coaching and career guidance through online platforms.
Delhi govt is organising interactions for students with serving officials, while UP has launched a scheme where IAS & IPS officers will coach aspirants.
In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.
Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance.
Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.
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