Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has been officially renamed as the Ministry of Education after President Ram Nath Kovind gave his approval to the change. The notification added that the heading Ministry of Human Resources Development stands substituted to the Ministry of Education.
The change in name of the ministry was made as part of the recommendations of the new draft National Education Policy (NEP), which was cleared during a meeting of the Union Cabinet in July.
In 1985, the Ministry of Education was renamed as the HRD ministry when Rajiv Gandhi was prime minister. P V Narasimha Rao was appointed the first HRD minister by PM Rajiv Gandhi.
