Overview
- Renamed the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhikshan Bill, the proposal advances a unified regulator for non-medical, non-legal higher education.
- The new commission would take on three core functions: regulation, accreditation and setting academic and professional standards.
- Medical and law colleges are expressly excluded from the regulator’s jurisdiction.
- Financial control is retained by the administrative ministry, with no grant-making authority vested in the commission.
- Introduction in the Winter Session is expected next week, reviving an NEP 2020 plan that faced 2018 pushback and renewed criticism over centralisation and loan-driven financing.