NIOS finances under scrutiny as govt plans to enrol out-of-school children

2026-03-22 - 11:10

A recent working paper by the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), a finance ministry think tank, highlights that NIOS has not received government budget support since 2012–13. Instead, it operates largely as a self-financing body, relying heavily on student fees, the paper notes.