The Central Universities (Amendment) Act, 2023

jftLVªh lañ Mhñ ,yñ—(,u)04@0007@2003—23 REGISTERED NO. DL—(N)04/0007/2003—23 सी.जी.-डीx.एxलx.G-अID.-0H5x12x2x023-250422 CG-xDxLx-EG-I0D51E22x0x2x3-250422 vlk/kkj.k EXTRAORDINARY Hkkx II — [k.M 2 PART II—Section 2 izkf/kdkj ls izdkf'kr PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY lañ 25] ubZ fnYyh] lkseokj] fnlEcj 4] 2023@vxzgk;.k 13] 1945 ¼'kd½ No. 25] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2023/AGRAHAYANA 13, 1945 (SAKA) bl Hkkx esa fHkUu i`"B la[;k nh tkrh gS ftlls fd ;g vyx ladyu ds :i esa j[kk tk ldsA Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation. LOK SABHA ———— The following Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on 4th December, 2023:— BILL NO. 141 OF 2023 A Bill further to amend the Central Universities Act, 2009. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 1. (1) This Act may be called the Central Universities (Amendment) Act, 2023. Short title and commencement. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 25 of 2009. 2. In the Central Universities Act, 2009 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), Insertion of after section 3F, the following section shall be inserted, namely:— new section 3G. “3G. There shall be established a Tribal University, which shall be a body corporate, Establishment to be known as the Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University, having its territorial of Sammakka Sarakka jurisdiction extending to the whole of the State of Telangana, as specified in the First Central Tribal Schedule to this Act, to provide avenues of higher education and research facilities University. primarily for the tribal population of India.”.2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II— Amendment 3. In the First Schedule to the principal Act, after serial number 16 and the entries of First relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely: — Schedule. "17. Telangana Sammakka Whole of the State of Sarakka Central Telangana.". Tribal UniversitySEC. 2] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 3 STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS The Central Universities Act, 2009 was enacted to establish and incorporate universities for teaching and research in various States and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. 2. Establishment of Central Tribal University in the State of Telangana will cater to the regional aspirations for years to come. It will increase access and quality of higher education and facilitate and promote higher education and research facilities for the people of the State. It will also promote advanced knowledge by providing instructional and research facilities in tribal art, culture and customs and advancement in technology to the tribal population of India. Apart from bringing focus to tribal education, the Central Tribal University shall carry out all educational and other activities like any other Central University. Moreover, the establishment of a Central Tribal University in the State of Telangana is obligatory under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014. Therefore, the Government has decided to establish a new Central Tribal University in the State of Telangana namely, the “Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University”. 3. Accordingly, it is proposed to amend the Central Universities Act, 2009 to provide for the establishment of a Central University by the name of "Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University" in the State of Telangana. 4. The Bill seeks to achieve the above objects. NEW DELHI; DHARMENDRA PRADHAN. The 24th November, 2023.4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 2] FINANCIAL MEMORANDUM Clause 2 of the Bill seeks to insert a new section 3G in the Central Universities Act, 2009 which provides for the establishment of a new University, to be known as the Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University, as a body corporate having territorial jurisdiction extending to the whole of the State of Telangana. 2. The University will be set up with a budgetary provision of rupees 889.07 crores for seven years in two phases. The said expenditure shall be met from the Consolidated Fund of India through the budgetary provisions of the Ministry of Education. ———— UTPAL KUMAR SINGH Secretary General. UPLOADED BY THE MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI–110002 AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI–110054.