The Union Cabinet approved the new National Education Policy (NEP) on July 29. This is the first new education policy in 34 years, and was a poll promise of the BJP in 2014.
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The draft was published in December 2018 by a panel headed by former ISRO chief K. Kasturirangan. It was made public for feedback after the Lok Sabha election in May 2019.