New Delhi | May 04, 2010
A bill to amend the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) Act to empower the statutory body to award minority status to universities was passed in the Lok Sabha today.
The NCMEI Amendment Bill, introduced last month, was passed by voice vote without discussion amid a din in the House.
The present NCMEI Act says that a minority educational institution means a college or institution (other than a university) established or maintained by a person or group of persons from among the minorities.
The amendment seeks to delete the words 'other than a university' from the definition of the minority institution.
At present, universities are given minority status by amendment of their respective Acts. But changing the definition of minority institutions under NCMEI Act will bring the universities under the ambit of NCMEI. This would help the NCMEI to award minority status to universities.
Last year, the government introduced the same bill which was referred to a Standing Committee. The committee had, however, given opinion against such amendment.
But the government overruled the recommendations and again introduced with the bill with the same provision seeking to change the definition of minority educational institution to cover universities under the NCMEI Act.
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