 bill no 100  of 2014 the central universities (amendment)  bill,  2014 a billfurther to amend the central universities act, 2009be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows:— 1 (1) this act may be called the central universities (amendment) act, 2014short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint25 of 20092  after section 3a of the central universities act, 2009 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), the following section shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new section 3b"3b  (1) the central university of bihar established under sub-section (4) of section 3 shall be known as the central university of south bihar, having its territorial jurisdiction extending to the territory in the south of river ganges in the state of bihar, as specified in the first schedule to this actspecial provision with respect to state of bihar(2) there shall be established a university, which shall be a body corporate, to be known as the mahatma gandhi central university, having its territorial jurisdiction extending to the territory in the north of the river ganges in the state of bihar, as specified in the first schedule to this act" 4  in the first schedule to the principal act, for serial number 1 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial numbers and entries shall be substituted, namely:—amendment of first scheduleserialname ofname of theterritorialnothe stateuniversityjurisdiction1biharcentral universityterritory in the south of the of south biharriver ganges in the state ofbihar1abiharmahatma gandhiterritory in the north of thecentral universityriver ganges in the state ofbihar statement of objects and reasonsthe central universities act, 2009 was enacted to establish and incorporate universities for teaching and research in various states and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto the act provided, inter alia, for the establishment of a central university in the state of bihar by the name of central university of bihar2 the extent of the territory of the state of bihar being large, its requirement  for access to, and quality in, the higher education is not being adequately met with just one central university in that state hence, establishment of one more central university, in addition to the existing one, is felt necessary in the state of bihar3 therefore, it is proposed to establish a central university with its territorial jurisdiction in the north of the river ganges in the state of  bihar (mothihari in east champaran) in the name of "mahatma gandhi central university" as this place was the "karmabhoomi" of the father of the nation, where he successfully experimented with the idea of  "satyagrah" during the "neel andolan" at champaran in  1917, it is considered appropriate to name the university in his name4 the central university of bihar that exists as of now is proposed to be re-named as"central university of south bihar" the territorial jurisdiction of this university shall extend to the territory to the south of  river ganges in the state of bihar5 the central universities (amendment) bill, 2014, provides—(a) for establishment of one more central university in the state of bihar in the name of  "mahatma gandhi central university"; and(b) for renaming the existing central university in the state of bihar as the central university of south bihar6 the bill seeks to achieve the above objectivesnew delhi;smriti  zubin iranithe 11th  august, 2014 financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill seeks to insert a new section 3b in the central universities act, 2009, so as to establish a new university as a body corporate to be known as mahatma gandhi central university having its territorial jurisdiction in the territory in the north of the river ganges in the state of bihar and to re-name the existing central university of bihar established under sub-section (4) of section 3 of the said act, as the central university of south bihar with territorial jurisdiction limited to the territory in the south of the river ganges in the state of bihar2 the initial expenditure for the establishment of the mahatma gandhi central university would be approximately rupees  two hundred and forty crores at this stage, it is not practicable to make an estimate of exact expenditure, both recurring and non-recurring, likely to be involved in the financial year 2014-2015 however, the expenditure would be met from  the consolidated fund of india through the budgetary provisions of the ministry of human resource development annexure extract from the  central universities act, 2009 (25 of 2009)|     |     |     |     |    ||------|------|------|------|-----| the first schedule[see section 3 (4)]| serial   | name of   | name of the                 | territorial                 ||----------|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| no      | the state | university                  | jurisdiction                || 1       | bihar     | central university of bihar | whole of the state of bihar ||         |          |                            |                            |———— a billfurther to amend the central universities act, 2009————(shri smriti jubin irani, minister of human resource development)gmgipmrnd—2210ls—12082014