11-09-21 Daily-Gujarat-GPSC Current Affairs

The poor show of Gujarat in the National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) continued in 2021 as only one institute each featured in the Top 50 rankings in both Overall and University categories. None of the medical and dental colleges based in Gujarat made it to the top 100 institutions this year.

IIT Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn) ranked 33 in the Overall list, whereas Gujarat University got featured at 43rd rank in University category.
The IIM Ahmedabad retained its top spot in management category, whereas CEPT University ranked fifth in Architecture,GNLUwas placed sixth in Law and NIPER Ahmedabad was 10th in Pharmacy categories.

This scheme was announced in 2018 to aid farmers in providing remunerative return for their produce. It has three sub-schemes namely, Price Support Scheme (PSS), Private Procurement & Stockist Scheme (PPSS) and Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS).