Cabinet approves bill to amend National Institute of Design Act, 2014

July 18, 2019:

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill to amend the National Institute of Design Act, 2014 & grant the status of national importance to new National Institute of Designs (NIDs).

Information & Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar told reporters that the status of institute of national importance to NIDs will enable students to get degrees.

Officials said that granting the status of institutions of national importance to new NIDs will ensure that design education becomes socially inclusive & address the needs of design in various sectors including agriculture, health care, transportation, rural housing, & sanitation.

They said that the effort is that design education in the NIDs has uniform guidelines & pedagogy. The four new NIDs are in Amaravati, Bhopal, Jorhat, & Kurukshetra.

In another decision, the Union Cabinet approved repealing of 58 obsolete laws & introduction of the Repealing & Amending Bill, 2019 in Parliament.

The government has repealed 1824 obsolete laws in five years.

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