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The article reports on India's paper producers seek exemption of import duty on raw materials, levy of countervailing duty on import of paper and setting up of a technology upgradation fund for the sector by the central government and presents yearly statistics on import and domestic production.

The article reports on the decision of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education to provide test papers for free to all students taking Madhyamik 2016.

The article focuses on the cheating during the Madhyamik or examination in Rampurhat High School in Birbhum, India as students throw their question paper outside the classroom windows to be answered by other students.

The article reports that the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) is planning to reduce the science and social science papers in the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education course from 2018 which has led to criticism in the academic community. Topics include the proposed system meant to reduce the load on students, views of Gerry Arathoon, the secretary of the CISCE on the same, and the fear of teachers of that the move would affect the quality of the course.

The article reports that Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in India has addressed the complaints of student regarding the difficulty of Class XII mathematics papers which contained questions that are not included in the syllabus.

The article reports on the clarification of the higher secondary council that the 2015 Higher Secondary examination will be divided into two parts but a single should have to take both.

The article reports that the 2015 Higher Secondary (HS) question papers in India will be divided into two parts to speed up the assessment of students.

The article reports on the introduction of the special education papers in Bachelor of Education (BEd) and Master of Education (MEd) syllabi in India. It states that till now the courses lacked papers on how to teach children with special needs. However, now the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has introduced a compulsory paper on how to teach special children.

The article reports on the investigation of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) of India regarding the disappearance of a packet that contains teachers' eligibility test (TET) papers for primary schools. According to the investigation, the packet accidentally fell from a bus and mentions that no evidence of foul play. CID inspector-general police Vineet Goyel mentions that the packet was not found in Tarantala, where the packet was allegedly dumped by a helper.

The article reports on the decision of a board that conducts the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education examinations to model its question papers for its Class XII school-leaving test on the Central Board of Secondary Education pattern from 2018.

The article reports on the launch of the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail system, a technology introduced by India's Election Commission which will allow Indian voters to verify whether the ballot they just cast through an electronic voting machine went to their intended candidates. Topics covered include the allegations which are expected to be ward off by the system, the location of the technology's trial run and the two problems that have already surfaced regarding the use of the system.

The article discusses public interest litigation (PIL) filing in 2013 by past president Akshaya Kumar Das of Ravenshaw College student union in India's Orissa high court for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into High School Certificate (HSC) 2012 examination question paper theft case. Topics include Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and crime branch's failure for any breakthrough and disposition of Das' 2012 PIL by commissioner-cum-secretary and mass education department.

The article reports on the investigation of India's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) regarding the disappearance of the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) papers which were transported from Salt Lake to Hooghly.

The article offers information on a report which reveals that the state government of Odisha, India has failed to tackle crime against women. Topics discussed include increase in rape cases and dowry related offences, uncontrolled law and order situation, views of Tapasi Praharaj of All India Democratic Women's Organization on hollow claims of the government's measures for women's safety, and views of chief minister Naveen Patnaik on improvement of the situation in Maoist-affected districts.

The article reports that the Madhyamik test was written by examinee Moubani Rej, who underwent surgery on her right hand, from her bed at the Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI) hospital in Calcutta, India on February 2, 2016.

The article reports on the Indian Election Commission to print election ballots with photographs of the candidates for the May 15, 2015 election in India. It mentions that decision is aimed to eliminate the possibility of namesake. It adds that the type of election ballot will be used for all the states in India.

The article reports on the plans of Presidency University in Kolkata, India to conduct undergraduate admission tests in all subjects except Hindi in 2015. Topics include plans for conducting online tests for the science subjects, views of Somak Raychaudhury, and one of the chairpersons of the university's admissions committee, on the tests.

The article reports on nomination papers filed by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the May 30, 2013 Rajya Sabha election in the Assembly in Guwalhati, India. It discusses the protests made by journalists and the All Assam Students Union against denial of access to cover Singh's visit in the Assembly, the explanations made by politicians about the protests, and the Union's protests at the LGBI airport at Borjhar.

The article reports that the Congress party of India today made its member of the legislative assembly (MLAs) declare on a non-judicial stamp paper that they would not desert the party. It mentions that the move is due to a fear that newly elected legislators could switch to Trinamul party after defeat of the Left Congress alliance in the assembly elections. It presents the views of Bengal Congress president Adhir Chowdhury, on the same.

The article reports that Union cabinet of India has approved two schemes to tap the idle reserves of gold in India and discourage customers from buying the yellow metal. Topics discussed include buying physical gold as a monetization scheme which will offer interest on the yellow metal deposited in banks; and views of Arun Jaitley, Minister for Finance, on tonnes of gold are consumed every year.

The article reports on the alleged use of fake documents by youths from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in India in the army recruitment rally which was meant for domiciles of the Northeast in Shillong.

The article reports on an alleged delay in launch of a water treatment plant Burla town in Orissa, India as of June 2013. It states that the proposed water treatment plant has a capacity of treating six million liters per day citing that public health and engineering department of the state has not started construction of the plant. It cites that several areas in the town experience water scarcity during summer and presents comments from government official Bhagyadhara Sahu regarding the same.

The article reports that Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi has resigned. This has brought an end of Gogoi's stint as the chief minister of the state for 15 years. The Congress party said that the root cause of the party's humiliating defeat in the elections was the false propaganda of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that the identity of indigenous Assamese and Hindu people was under grave threat. They also pointed out that the Congress's overall vote share had increased in the Assembly polls.

The article reports on the launch of a process to digitize land records to increase accessibility and prevent land frauds in Jharkhand, India. It informs that Raghubar Das, chief minister of Jharkhand, India has laid online the foundation stone of modern land record rooms for eight districts, under the Centre's ambitious Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme. It mentions that the project holds significance in the wake of complex land laws citing illegally transfer of tribal acres.

The article reports that the Indian government will take necessary actions against Indians involved in a tax scandal leaked by Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca & Co. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and the periodical "The Indian Express" reported that there were over 500 Indians on the list. However, it cautions that there could be legitimate transactions.

The article reports on the investigation ordered by the Indian government into financial transactions involved in the leakage of documents of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. Topics explored include the involvement of Indian celebrities in the data leak scandal according to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), the alleged use of offshore tax havens by individuals that sought assistance from the law firm, and the publication of companies involved in the scandal.

The article reports on the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) (Main) in India for 2016. It states that the examiners found the test tricky and calculation was difficult for trigonometry, mathematics and physics. It also expects that passers will overcome the 2015 record of 150 students.

The article reports that student Ria Sharma of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in India has been alleged of being a traitor following her visit to the National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA) for research purposes. Sharma filed a complaint against the NUEPA's guard who treated her as a traitor. Director Hrushikesh Senapaty of National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) says that NUEPA campus is open for anyone who are seeking for information.

The informs that Indian government has declared the aptitude test in the civil services preliminary examination a qualifying paper. It focuses on protests by aspirants who claim that the decision will favor students from English-medium schools. It also mentions that the student organization Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad praised the decision of the government in the civil services aptitude test (CSAT).

The article reports on the failure of Jharkhand, India's disaster management department to implement its calamity control plans as of July 31, 2013 due to lack of will which includes the construction of disaster management centres at several schools.

The article reports on the three-year-old proposed plan to depute a protection force to help tourists in Bihar, India. It notes that the planned tourist protection force, conceptualised by the tourism department, has been stalled due to a record footfall of tourists in 2012 and serial blasts in Bodhgaya in July 2013. Initial plans of the proposal and impact of the lack of dedicated tourist protection force on tourists are noted.

The article reports that a panel was setup to study the feasibility of having a uniform pattern for class XII board question papers which will be carrying a mix of descriptive, short answer and objective-type questions. It mentions that the Human Resource Development Ministry, India, has called for a meeting with all the school boards from all parts of the country to mull ways to checking high scores awarded to students by some of the boards.

The article reports on the plan of the German engineering firm Gapcon GmbH to expand at its Kalyani facility in India where it operates a service workshop for the paper sector.

The article reports on the use of voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) developed by Bharat Electronics Ltd. during the election of urban constituencies in Jamshedpur, India. Topics mentioned include some instances of VVPAT printer malfunction, reactions of voters regarding VVPAT, and a description of how VVPAT works.

The article offers information about the voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) system used in the elections in India. Topics include VVPAT's ability to provide feedback to voters, the voter's ability to verify his vote via an independent verification system, and the development of the VVPAT unit by Bharat Electronics Limited. It also mentions election fraud, electronic voting machines (EVMs), and ballotless voting.

The article reports on the release by India's government of a concept paper on January 4, 2016 for the proposed Rail Development Authority of India, which may be set up as early as 2016 through an executive fiat and later empowered by a bill.

The article reports on the trouble being experienced in five districts of western Odisha in India, including Sambalpur, Jharasuguda, and Sonepur, due to the absence of nomination papers for municipal elections in September 2013. Topics discussed include the agitation of lawyers over the issue of permanent high court bench, the nomination filing process in other districts like Boudh, and the election announcement by the state election commission to 91 urban local bodies.

The article reports on the changes made in screening norms of the State Eligibility Test in order to improve quality of college classrooms in Bengal, India. It presents the views of Siddhartha Majumdar, chairman of the state college service commission, regarding the same. It also informs that revised norms are as per guidelines of the National Eligibility Test conducted by the University Grants Commission.

The article informs that the students of Aliah University in Kolkata, India backed by regional political party Trinamul vandalized the vice-chancellor's office at the university after authorities rejected their demand that they be awarded 65 per cent in a supplementary test. It reveals the allegation of vice-chancellor Abu Taleb Khan, who stated that students tried to beat up the teacher-in-charge of the mathematics department.

The article offers information on the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) 2015 examination scheduled to begin in India on March 5, 2015.

The article discusses the compression of the state engineering and medical admission tests in 2016 to a single day by the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board. Topics included are the explanation by a board member of difficulties arranging police deployment for the joint examination alongside assembly elections in the Indian state, the promise of board chairman Sajal Dasgupta to set a date, and the consolidation of physics and chemistry papers.

The article reports on announcement made by the All Bengal Teachers Association (ABTA) regarding the Class X selection tests by Madhyamik schools in Kolkata, India before Durga Puja festival as of October 2015. It presents views of Tanmay Chatterjee, secretary of the Trinamul Secondary Teachers Association, for the same. It mentions that private schools such as South Point, Patha Bhavan & Nava Nalanda will not follow date prescribed by the ABTA and the Trinamul-controlled association.

The article reports on the approval of a revised curricula under the choice-based credit system by the Delhi University's academic council in India on July 13, 2015. The approval could lead to the final adoption of the system which would allow undergraduates to study papers from a different stream or at another university. However, the system is opposed by college teachers due to alleged dilution of educational standards.

The article reports that the teachers of the University of Delhi have come together to fight against the implementation of the "choice-based credit system" (CBCS) in Indian universities. Topics include the University Grants Commission and the human resource development ministry's decision of introducing the CBCS, the CBCS allowing undergrads to study few papers from a different stream or at a different university, and the letter written to the minister Smriti Irani by the teachers' community.

The article reports that in a move to curb risks in the banking sector at a time when bad loans are on the rise, lowering of the ceiling on how much a bank can lend to a corporate group has been proposed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

The article reports on the alleged of a group of 20 students, pursuing self-financing courses at BJB Autonomous College, over gross anomalies in their mark sheets of various semesters in Bhubaneswar, India. Senior student Himadri Mohapatra states that there are students who have got 102 out of 100 in theory subjects despite more than half of the questions being out of syllabus. As to the rules, the mark sheet reflects zero in the paper if a student secures less than 25 marks in a subject.

The article informs that undergraduate students under the banner of an organization named Dhanbad Chhatra Jan Shakti of PK Roy Memorial College, in Dhanbad, Jharkhand has started a protest against errors in admit cards issued by Vinoba Bhave University (VBU) as of June 15, 2013. It mentions that the protesters, who are preparing for their Part-I examination planned to begin from June 25, 2013 alleged that the University for mentioning wrong language paper on the admit cards of students.

The article informs that Ahmad Ashfaque Karim, chairman and managing director of Katihar Medical College in Patna, Bihar, has been arrested as of June 2013 for selling question papers a day before thousands of students who were to sit for the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) course entrance test for his institute. It mentions that the state police team have found almost two 2 crore rupees from his residence.

The article reports on the upcoming meeting of nearly 50 school boards in New Delhi, India on October 28, 2015 to discuss how to check the trend of excessively high board exam scores.

The article focuses on an argument between the Indian Congress and the political party Biju Janata Dal (BJD) over the withdrawal of nomination papers of Minati Behera, a BJD candidate. Topics include the comment of Ramesh Chandra Chau Patnaik, a member of civic elections, on a disciplinary action against Behera, the statement of Bikram Panda of the Odisha Pradesh Congress on the inability of the BJD to manage its candidates, and a woman candidate for the Communist Party of India (Marxist).