Overview
- Rajya Sabha passed the Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Bill, 2025 by voice vote after Lok Sabha cleared it a day earlier.
- IIM Guwahati will be India’s 22nd IIM and the second in the Northeast after Shillong.
- The measure provides a ₹555 crore allocation for the institute’s establishment.
- Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said admissions, faculty appointments and academic activities will start in the current academic session from temporary premises.
- Opposition members walked out of the Upper House seeking a debate on Bihar’s electoral-roll revision, while other parties participated and supported the bill.