Assembly passes varsities, societies bills

Assembly passes varsities, societies bills
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The State government passed bills after making amendments to The Andhra Pradesh Private Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2016, and The Andhra Pradesh Mutually Aided Cooperatives Societies Act, 1995. 

Amaravati: The State government passed bills after making amendments to The Andhra Pradesh Private Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2016, and The Andhra Pradesh Mutually Aided Cooperatives Societies Act, 1995.

Minister for Human Resource Development Ganta Srinivas Rao proposed a Bill in the Assembly here on Tuesday and it was passed without any objections. The government explained the reason for introduction of the Bill.

In order to develop Andhra Pradesh into a ‘Knowledge and Education Hub’ of global standards and to establish educational institutions with international standards, the State Assembly passed the Andhra Pradesh Private Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2016 for establishment of private universities in the State.

The government has issued letters to 10 sponsoring bodies to set up green field private universities and out of them, six submitted their reports. The government would send the Bill to the Governor for his consent.

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