Cabinet approves over Rs 4300 cr to establish permanent campuses for new NITs

Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved to Revised Cost
Estimates for establishment of permanent campuses of new National Institutes of
Technology, NITs, at a total cost of 4371.90 crore rupees for the period till
2021-2022.

NITs were established in the year 2009 and started
functioning from academic year 2010-2011 in their temporary campus with very
limited space and infrastructure. These NITs will be fully functional from
their permanent campuses by 31st March, 2022.

It also approved the extension of tenure of the Commission
constituted under Article 340 of the Constitution, to examine the issue of
sub-categorization within Other Backward Classes in the Central List. Briefing
media in New Delhi on Wednesday, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said, the
tenure has been extended by six months till 31st July, 2020.

Cabinet has also granted approval to addition of Term of
Reference to the existing ToR of the Commission which include studying various
Entries in the Central List of OBCs and recommending correction of any
repetitions, ambiguities, inconsistencies and errors of spelling or tranion.

Mr Javadekar said, Daman will be the capital of newly carved
out Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.