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Budget 2021: 3 pre-budget expectations from the EdTech sector
Budget 2021: 3 pre-budget expectations from the EdTech sector
EdTech entrepreneurs, from the Union Budget 2021, are expecting the government to allocate funds to finance the sector and further drive their growth.
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Budget 2021: 3 pre-budget expectations from the EdTech sector
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In 2021, the education sector will evolve further in terms of technological innovations and newer teaching methodologies.
The pandemic has changed the way education was perceived and has spiked the education industry s digital transformation.
In addition to schools and universities, working professionals and higher education students have also turned to EdTech for vocational education.
In 2020, the education industry went through a drastic transformation. The nationwide lockdown due to the pandemic affected several industries, including the education sector. During this period of uncertainty, educational institutions to
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Budget 2021: Rural poor, farmers progress to be govt s priority
Amid the coronavirus pandemic when the pace of manufacturing and services sector came to a grinding halt, agriculture and allied sectors in India have picked up pace as the country saw the strength of the farm sector.
The government also took care of a large population of the country related to agriculture and farming and enacted new laws to intensify the winds of improvement in the agricultural sector. The Budget 2021-22 is going to be presented in Parliament on Monday, amid wrangling over agricultural reform.
In such a situation, it is expected that the Modi government, which claims to give priority to the progress of villages, the poor and farmers, will also give priority to agriculture and rural development in the upcoming Budget.
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The year 2020 was extraordinary, and events swung sharply from dismay to delight for investors. The stock markets crashed almost 40% in March on Covid fears, but recovered smartly only to end the year at an all-time high level. Interest rates declined during the year, bringing down the returns for FD investors but pushing up the returns of debt funds. Amidst the uncertainty, gold continued to do well, rising 31% during the year to emerge as the best performing asset class in 2020.