Overview
- Introduced on December 15, the bill would repeal UGC, AICTE and NCTE laws and create an umbrella commission with three councils and a single digital portal.
- India Today reports the text tasks the Education Ministry with “ensuring” grant disbursal, a change academics warn could chill research and influence administrative choices.
- Supporters say the redesign separates regulation, accreditation and standards, speeds approvals and expands public data disclosure for students.
- Institutions of National Importance, including the IITs, would come under the new framework with their current autonomy stated to continue.
- Parliamentary scrutiny and implementation rules remain pending, with critics also warning of centralised levers squeezing state universities and straining the federal balance.