Point of no return.

"Parents always knew raising a child in India - with its broken model of education - is expensive and turning more so. Actual numbers support this belief. As per ET online research, the overall expenditure of schooling a child in India in a private school from age 3 to age 17 is a whopping Rs 30 lakh (Rs 3 million)." ET. "Most middle-lass parents now budget for college education, even more expensive than school, from an early age. Some pin their hopes on scholarship in colleges abroad, some on loans." As the cost of higher education in India becomes exorbitant so Indians are finding it more cost effective to study abroad. "A total of 1,33,135 Indian students went abroad for higher studies this year as on March 20, the Parliament was informed." ET. Applications "to start undergraduate courses in the UK this September grew by 11% year-on-year to 8,660 - compared to 7,830 in 2021 - almost double since 2019 when there were 4,690 applicants." ET. "Number of Indian students opting for higher education abroad is estimated to grow further to roughly to 1.8 million by 2024." CNBC TV18. "Even as the number of Indian students opting for higher education overseas grows annually, their abroad spending is set to grow from current annual $28 billion to $80 billion by 2024, the latest 'Higher Education Abroad' report by consulting firm RedSeer estimates." BS. On the other side, according to a United Nations report, "Child labor, caste-based discrimination and poverty are closely related to India." News18. Yamini Aiyar had an hour-long conversation with a District Education Officer in Bihar who "repeatedly described himself as a powerless, voiceless 'post-officer'". DH. 'Post officer' probably means he is just occupying his post, but with no power. "They spent most of their day executing tasks ordered by their bosses, mostly gathering data, actively ignoring schools and parents whom they met during the day -- reinforcing to block officers that their primary purpose was to respond to the demands of the hierarchy rather than the school needs. In other words they were post officers." The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) changed education in Delhi. "Between 2015 and 2021, the Delhi government spent about $10 billion (769 billion rupees) on the 1,037 schools it runs, which serve about 1.8 million students. That was more than double what previous governments, which did not see education as an election-winning issue, spent in the previous seven years, according to data from the Delhi government." NYT. The BJP instantly claimed that AAP had paid to publish this article but the NYT's external communications director Nicole Tyler told PTI in an email, "Our report about efforts to improve Delhi's education system is based on impartial, on-the-ground reporting." The Tribune. So the CBI raided Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's home and office on a charge of taking bribes for the new excise duty on alcohol. LM. When the price of alcohol fell by almost 30-40% in Delhi as a result of the new excise policy, TOI, how it can be a scam defies belief. India is rapidly reaching the point of no return. Martial law next?