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Last Updated on February 11, 2026
Karnataka
- Further, an October 15, 2025, order by the Department of School Education and Literacy (DSEL), Karnataka, on establishing Karnataka Public Schools, pegs the number of government schools in the State at 46,174, indicating a drastic decline. Data for 2025-26, which saw the largest closures, pegged at 2,670, is not part of the data tabled in the Rajya Sabha.
- Data tabled by the Union Ministry of Education in the Rajya Sabha on February 4, in response to a question raised by a CPI(M) member John Brittas regarding school closures across the country, shows that 947 government schools shut down between 2020-21 and 2024-25. It came down from 49,791 in 2020-21 to 48,844 in 2024-25.
India
- India’s GDP growth for FY26 is estimated at 7.4 per cent driven by the double engine of consumption and investment
- One of the most significant findings of the Responsible Nation Index 2026 is India’s positioning at Rank 16, with a score of 0.5515. This places India ahead of several traditional powerhouses, including the United States (Rank 66) and China (Rank 68).
World
- The World Bank has raised the poverty line from USD 2.15 to USD 3.00 a day, adjusted for the purchasing power of money to 2021 prices. According to the revised IPL, India’s poverty rates in 2022-23 were 5.3 per cent for extreme poverty and 23.9 per cent for lower-middle-income poverty.
