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AMENDMENT TO NID ACT, 2014

Sept. 13, 2018

Union Cabinet has approved the introduction of Bill in Parliament for amendment of NID Act, 2014.

About:

  • The amendment will ensure including the four new National Institutes of Design (NID) at Amaravati/Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh; Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh; Jorhat, Assam and Kurukshetra, Haryana within the ambit of the National Institute of Design Act, 2014.

  • It will declare the four NIDs as Institutions of National Importance (INIs) at par with the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.

  • Some minor amendments to the Act including re-naming NID Vijayawada as NID Amaravati and nomenclature of Principal Designer as equivalent to Professor are also proposed in the Bill.

Source : PIB

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