Maharashtra govt withdraws MVA’s amendment to Universities Act

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The state cabinet decided to withdraw theMaharashtra Public Universities(third amendment) Bill, 2021, which had been introduced by the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi government and passed by the state assembly.

The bill had curtailed the powers of the governor and empowered the to recommend names for the vice-chancellor’s post. It had appointed the higher and technical Join Our Telegram Channel

href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/education">Education minister as pro-chancellor.

The amendment had been passed in the winter session of the State Legislature in 2021, but had not received the

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assent of governor B S Koshyari. “The bill had amended sections 11 and 13 of the PublicUniversities Act. Students and teachers as well as citizens had requested the governor not to sign it.