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STUDY: Punjab Farm Crisis Fuels Massive Increase in Visa Applications to Study Abroad - WATCH

05 Feb, 2020 10:49 PM

    Study finds 70% prospective student visa applicants from farming families in Punjab.

     

    The first-of-its-kind study on socio-economic profile of such students by Prof Kamaljeet Singh and Dr Rakshinder Kaur of Regional Centre, Punjabi University, Patiala, revealed that agrarian crisis and widespread unemploym

    Source: Tribune India

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