More than 'Amrit Kaal', we need 'Shiksha Kaal' for India: Kharge slams Modi govt

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday hit out at the Modi government over the state of education in the country and said India shall ensure justice for its students in 2024Mallikarjun Kharge slams Modi government We need Shiksha Kaal for IndiaMore than Amrit Kaal we need Shiksha Kaal for India he said in a post on XIn 2024 India shall ensure NYAY for our students from the Modi Government for its report card on Education is marked with gross Failure he said citing the Annual State of Education Report ASERQuoting from the report he said 567 percent of 14 to 18yearold students in rural India cant do class 3 math and 265 percent of this age group still cannot read a class 2 level text fluently in their regional languageHe also noted that 25 percent of youth in the 1718 age group have discontinued education mostly due to lack of interestMallikarjun Kharge slams Modi government BJP is destroying the future of our youngMallikarjun Kharge also posted a 35second video along with his post that alleged that the BJP is destroying the future of our youngCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday claimed the country is facing the risk of falling into a debt trap due to the policies of the Modi government and said the truth cannot be hidden behind the noise of advertising tamashasKharge said the IMF has warned the country over its high debttoGDP ratio of 81 per cent instead of the acceptable 60 per centThe Modi government will present the last budget of its tenure in 15 days Some facts the savings of the countrys families are at the lowest level in 50 years This has fallen to 51 per cent of GDPWhile the total debt of the government fiscal deficit central government 59 per cent State 31 per cent is estimated to be around 9 per centAccording to this it is clear that the government alone will have to borrow more than what the families of the country are saving This is most dangerous he said in a post in Hindi on XAccording to IMF he said the Debt to GDP Ratio should be 60 per cent but it is currently at 81 per cent and IMF has also warned on this which the Modi government has habitually rejectedThe Indian government is continuously getting ensnared in the debt trap It may happen that like some big economies of the world both our economy and the future of the country get entangled in a vicious circle and fall into big trouble Kharge saidThe Congress president alleged that the Modi government boasts of spending more but the reality is that 15 ministries have so far spent only 178 per cent of the last budgetWith inputs from PTI