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Introduced: Rajya Sabha (13th Feb 2019)
Passed: Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha.
About National Institutes of Food Technology Bill, 2019
Ministry: Food Processing Industries
What does the bill provide?
The bill declares two institutes of food technology, entrepreneurship, and management as institutions of national importance. These are:
- National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Haryana
- Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology, Tamil Nadu.
What are Institutions of National Importance?
- An institution that serves as an important player in developing highly skilled personnel within the specified region of the country/state.
- The status is conferred on a premier public higher education institution in India by an act of the Parliament of India.
Benefits of National Importance Tag:
- Firstly, these institutes are provided functional autonomy to:
- design and develop courses
- Award Degrees such as Bachelor of Technology, Master of Technology, and Ph.D.
- Undertake research activities
- Secondly, the institutes would also implement the reservation policy of the government. It would also undertake special outreach activities for the benefit of concerned stakeholders.
- Lastly, the recognition would also enable the institutes to provide world-class teaching and research experience by adopting innovative practices.
Source: The Hindu
