Date: 2025-12-09Category: Not ApplicableState: MaharashtraCountry: India
HB-2447 Part V-A Extra 41 Date 9-12-2025, Publication of a bill to amend Maharashtra Private Universities Act, 2023 as L.A. Bill No. XCIX of 2025 by Section Officer Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Extra Ord. No. 41, Ank.18(3).
**Executive Summary**
This document is a bill introduced in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on December 9th, 2025, to further amend the Maharashtra Private Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2023. The purpose of the amendment is to include Jio University in Part II of the Schedule of the Act, thereby establishing it as a self-financed private university. The document outlines the legal basis for this amendment and the compliance of Jio University's sponsoring body with the Act's requirements.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Amendment Overview:**
* The bill is titled the "Maharashtra Private Universities (Establishment and Regulation) (Second Amendment) Act, 2025."
* It amends the Maharashtra Private Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2023.
* **Inclusion of Jio University:**
* Jio University, including its interim campus address (Ulwe, Taluka Panvel, District Raigad-410206) and permanent campus address (Dronagiri, Taluka Uran, District Raigad-400702), is added to Part II of the Schedule of the Act.
* The sponsoring body is listed as Reliance Foundation, Institution of Education and Research (Mumbai-400021).
* **Legal Basis:**
* The amendment is made under Section 6 of the Act, which allows for the inclusion of a private university in the Schedule if the sponsoring body complies with the provisions of Section 5.
* The government has determined that Reliance Foundation Institution of Education and Research has complied with Section 5.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Jio University/Reliance Foundation, Institution of Education and Research**
* **Impact:** Jio University is officially established as a self-financed private university in Maharashtra.
* **Action Required:** No immediate action is explicitly stated, but the university can begin operating as a recognized private university under the Act.
**Stakeholder: Maharashtra State Government**
* **Impact:** The government expands the landscape of higher education in the state by including a new private university.
* **Action Required:** The government is required to ensure the effective enactment and implementation of the amendment.
**Stakeholder: Students and Faculty**
* **Impact:** Students will have another option for higher education. Faculty will be employed by a newly established university.
* **Action Required:** None.
Key Entities Referenced
Maharashtra Private Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2023: The principal act governing the establishment and regulation of private universities in Maharashtra, which this bill seeks to amend.
Maharashtra Private Universities (Establishment and Regulation) (Second Amendment) Act, 2025: The act introduced in 2025, amending the Maharashtra Private Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2023.
Jio University: The private university that the amendment intends to establish.
Reliance Foundation Institution of Education and Research: The sponsoring body of Jio University.
Maharashtra Legislature Secretariat: The entity responsible for introducing the bill.
महाराष्ट्रा श्रा रा अ ाधारण्भाग्राच–अ, डि ेंर् ९् २ २५अअहारण्यण९्र, ्य १ 1
RNI No. MAHBIL /2009/40123
महाराष्ट्रा श्रा रा
अ ाधारण्भाग्राच–अ
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अ ाधारण्क्रमां,् य
प्रााडध,ृत्प्रा,ारश
महाराष््डवधाश भेत्व्महाराष््डवधाशररिरर्षदेेत् ादेर्, लेेलेी्डवधेर, ्(इंंअ ी्अशुवादे).
MAHARASHTRA LEGISLATURE SECRETARIAT
The following Bill was introduced in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on
9th December, 2025 is published under Rule 117 of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Rules.
L. A. BILL No. XCIX OF 2025.
A BILL
further to amend the Maharashtra Private Universities (Establishment and
Regulation) Act, 2023.
Mah. WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Maharashtra Private
VIII of
Universities )Establishment and Regulation( Act, 2023, for the purposes
2024.
hereinafter appearing ; it is hereby enacted in the Seventy-sixth Year of the
Republic of India as follows :—
1. This Act may be called the Maharashtra Private Universities Short title.
)Establishment and Regulation( )Second Amendment( Act, 2025.
)१(
भााग पााच-अ-४१-१.
एच बीी-२४४७-१.2 महाराष्ट्रा श्रा रा अ ाधारण्भाग्राच–अ, डि ेंर् ९् २ २५अअहारण्यण९्र, ्य १
Amendment 2. In the SCHEDULE appended to the Maharashtra Private Universities Mah.
of Schedule of )Establishment and Regulation( Act, 2023, in Part II, after entry 8, the following entry VIII of
Mah. VIII of 2024.
shall be added, namely :—
2024.
‘‘ 9. Jio University, Reliance Foundation,
Interim Campus, Institution of Education and Research
Building A, Sector-4, Floor 9, Plot 222, East Wing,
Ulwe, Taluka Panvel, Maker Chambers IV, J. B. Marg,
District Raigad-410206. Nariman Point,
Mumbai-400021. ’’.
Permanent Campus-Pocket 8-2,
Sector-8, Dronagiri, Taluka
Uran, District Raigad-400702.महाराष्ट्रा श्रा रा अ ाधारण्भाग्राच–अ, डि ेंर् ९् २ २५अअहारण्यण९्र, ्य १ 3
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
The Maharashtra Private Universities )Establishment and Regulation(
Act, 2023, )Mah. VIII of 2024(, is enacted for establishment, incorporation and
regulation of self-financed private universities in the State of Maharashtra for
development and advancement of higher education in the State and for matters
connected therewith or incidental thereto.
2. Section 6 of the said Act, provides that the Government after considering
the report submitted by the Verification Committee under sub-section )4( of
section 5 of the said Act, is satisfied that the sponsoring body has complied
with the provisions of section 5 of the said Act may permit the establishment
of a private university, by inclusion of the name, location and headquarter of
the private university and their sponsoring body in Part II of the Schedule, by
amending the Schedule by enacting a law by the State Legislature.
3. As provided in the said section 6 of the said Act, the Government
after considering the report submitted by the Verification Committee under
sub-section )4( of section 5 of the said Act, is satisfied that the sponsoring
body, the Reliance Foundation Institution of Education and Research,
Floor 9, Plot 222, East Wing, Maker Chambers IV, J. B. Marg, Nariman Point,
Mumbai-400021, has complied with the provisions of section 5 of the said Act,
establishment of private university by the name of ‘‘ Jio University’’.
4. Therefore, to establish the Jio University a self-financed university, the
Government considers it expedient to amend Part II of the Schedule appended
to the Maharashtra Private Universities )Establishment and Regulation( Act,
2023, suitably.
5. The Bill seeks to achieve the above objectives.
CHANDRAKANT (DADA) PATIL,
Nagpur, Minister for Higher and
Dated the 8th December, 2025. Technical Education.
Vidhan Bhavan, JITENDRA BHOLE,
Nagpur, Secretary-1,
Dated the 9th December, 2025. Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
ON BEHALF OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATION, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY DIRECTOR,
RUPENDRA DINESH MORE, PRINTED AT GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, 21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD,
MUMBAI 400 004 AND PUBLISHED AT DIRECTORATE OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATIONS,
21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD, MUMBAI 400 004. EDITOR : DIRECTOR, RUPENDRA DINESH MORE.