Overview
- A Lok Sabha bulletin schedules the Higher Education Commission of India Bill for introduction in the Winter Session beginning December 1, with the session slated to run through December 19.
- The legislation would consolidate the University Grants Commission, All India Council for Technical Education and National Council for Teacher Education into one regulator.
- Medical and law colleges would remain under their existing frameworks, and funding decisions would continue to rest with the administrative ministry rather than the new commission.
- Officials say preparatory committees have been formed to integrate data and functions from the existing regulators, with former AICTE official Rajive Kumar noting he has been assigned responsibilities.
- The move revives a long‑debated reform outlined in NEP 2020, and parliamentary scrutiny is expected to focus on concerns about centralisation, autonomy and representation raised in earlier reviews.