Overview
- The Bill, named the Higher Education Commission of India Bill, is scheduled for introduction in the winter session beginning December 1, according to a Lok Sabha bulletin.
- It proposes a single regulator to replace the University Grants Commission, the All India Council for Technical Education, and the National Council for Teacher Education.
- The proposed commission would handle regulation, accreditation, and professional standards across higher education institutions.
- Medical and law education would remain outside the new body's ambit, and funding decisions would stay with the administrative ministry rather than the commission.
- Officials and a former AICTE member secretary report committees are working on integrating UGC, AICTE, and NCTE data to support the transition, as debates over centralisation and state representation persist from earlier reviews.