IIIT Laws (Amendment) Bill 2020

admin September 21, 2020 Daily Current Affairs

The government has passed the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) bill in the Rajya Sabha.
The bill will confer the status of National Importance to five Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) — Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Agartala and Raichur.
Institutes will now be able to use the nomenclature of Bachelor of Technology (BTech) or Master of Technology (MTech) or PhD degree.
These IIITs are already functioning as societies registered under the Societies Registration Act of 1860.
They will now be covered under the IIIT (PPP) Act, 2017, similar to the other 15 IIITs established under the scheme in PPP mode.