In 2014, The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Bill, 2014 was introduced in the Lok Sabha.[2] The bill sought to grant the status of Institutes of National Importance (INI) upon the four IIITs. After much debate and changes, the bill was passed by the Parliament on 1 December 2014[2] and published as Indian Institutes of Information Technology Act, 2014 on 8 December 2014, coming into effect on 5 January 2015.[3]