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Cabinet approves 3,600 crore for setting up 13 central varsities

PTI, New Delhi | By
Jan 17, 2019 09:43 AM IST

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday granted approval to an expenditure of over ₹3,600 crore for setting up of 13 new central universities within the next 36 months.

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday granted approval to an expenditure of over 3,600 crore for setting up of 13 new central universities within the next 36 months.

The new Central universities were established under the Central Universities Act, 2009 in Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.

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While one university each is to be set up in 11 of these states, Jammu and Kashmir will get two new central varsities.

“The Cabinet has given its approval for incurring an expenditure of 3,639.32 crore for the 13 central universities for recurring cost and creation of necessary infrastructure for completion of the campuses. The work will be completed within 36 months,” Union Minister Piyush Goyal said at a press conference.

“The Cabinet has also given ex-post facto approval for 1,474.65 crore being the amount spent over and above the earlier cabinet approval of 3,000 crore for these central universities,” he added.

The minister said the move will increase access to higher education and set exemplary standards for other universities to emulate and will help in minimising the regional imbalances in educational facilities.

(This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.)

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