NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2019

About:

• The Bill seeks to amend the National Institute of Design Act, 2014, which declares the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad as an institution of national importance.
  
  
• The bill seeks to declare four National Institutes of Design in Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, and Haryana as institutions of national importance.
  
  
• Currently, these institutes are registered as Societies under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and do not have the power to grant degrees or diplomas.
  
  
• On being declared institutions of national importance, the four institutes will be granted the power to grant degrees and diplomas.