- Rajya Sabha passed the Rashtriya Raksha University Bill 2020, which seeks to establish Rashtriya Raksha University as an institution of national importance by upgrading Raksha Shakti University, Gandhinagar.
- The Bill has already been passed by the Lok Sabha.
- The Rashtriya Raksha University is proposed to be a multi-disciplinary university
- to create new knowledge through research and collaboration with different stakeholders and
- help to fulfill the need for a pool of trained professionals with specialized knowledge and
- New skill sets in various wings of policing, the criminal justice system and correctional administration.
- The university will have linkage with world-class universities in other countries for exchange of contemporary research, academic collaboration, course design, technical know-how, training and skill development.
- It will be multi-disciplinary and will create new knowledge through research and collaboration with different stakeholders.
