Ministry Of Human Resource Development Renamed As Ministry Of Education

Ministry of Human Resource Development (Manav Sansadhan Vikas Mantralaya) has been renamed as Ministry of Education (Shiksha Mantralaya). The National Education Policy 2020 had stated that it is desirable to re-designate the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) as the Ministry of Education (MoE) to ‘bring the focus back on education and learning’. Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 has been amended to the above effect. The President of India made the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Three Hundred and Fifty Sixth Amendment Rules, 2020 invoking his powers conferred by clause (3) of article 77 of the Constitution of India.