NEW DELHI: A bill to grant statutory status to the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) in PPP mode was passed by the Lok Sabha today, with the Government saying the fees for the poor students will not increase and that reservation law will apply there.
The IIIT (Public-Private Partnership) Bill, 2017 seeks to grant statutory status to 15 IIITs and declare them as ‘Institutions of National Importance’.
It also seeks to enable these institutions to grant degrees to their students in the academic courses conducted by them.
Replying to a debate on the bill, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar stressed that the fees for poor will not increase because of the new measure.
He also said that the reservation law prevailing in the country will apply to these institutes. (AGENCIES)
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