 bill no 105 of  2012 the central universities (amendment) bill, 2012 a billfurther to amend the central universities act, 2009be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-third year of the republic  of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the central universities (amendment) act, 2012short title and commencement5(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, bynotification in the official gazette, appoint| 25 of 2009   ||---------------|| section 3b   |2 after section 3a of the central universities act, 2009 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), the following section shall be inserted, namely:—10special provision with respect to the state of bihar"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 and its territorial jurisdiction shall be limited to the territory in the south of the river ganges in the state of bihar(2) there shall be established a university, which shall be a body corporate, to be known as the central university of north bihar  having  its territorial jurisdiction extending to the  territory in the north of the river ganges in the state of bihar5(3) all assets and liabilities of the central university of bihar in respect of the territory in the north of the river ganges in the state of bihar shall stand transferred to be the assets and liabilities of the central university of north bihar(4) anything done or any action taken by the central university of bihar in respect of the territory in the north of the river ganges in the state of bihar shall be deemed to have been done or taken by the central university of north bihar10(5) any suit or legal proceedings instituted or continued by or against the central university of bihar in respect of the territory in the north of the river ganges in the state of bihar shall be deemed to have been instituted or continued by or against the central university of north bihar"153 in the first schedule to the principal act, for serial number 1 and the corresponding entries against it, the following serial numbers and entries shall be substituted, namely:—amendment of the first schedule to the principal act| "1            | bihar                              ||----------------|------------------------------------|| of south bihar | river ganges in the state of bihar |20| 1a            | bihar                          ||----------------|--------------------------------|| of north bihar | ganges in the state of bihar" | 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 establishment of a central university in the state of bihar by the name of central university of bihar2 the central university of bihar is functioning from a temporary location at birla institute of technology campus, patna the government of bihar had identified three sites in motihari, for permanent location of the central university of bihar, which were not found suitable by the site selection committee keeping this in view, the central government explored the possibility of acquiring a portion of an unused airfield at panchanpur at gaya3 meanwhile, resolutions have been passed by both the houses of the state legislature of bihar requesting the central government to establish the central university at motihari several members of parliament have also raised the issue for establishing more than one central university in the state of bihar to speed-up the all-round development of the state4 in view of the pressing demand for establishment of one more central university in the state of bihar and to minimise regional imbalances in higher education, it is proposed to establish one more central university in the state of bihar accordingly, the central universities (amendment) bill, 2012, provides—(a) for establishment of one more central university in the state of bihar by the name of central university of north bihar to be located at motihari in the state of bihar; and(b) for renaming the existing central university in the state of bihar as the central university of south bihar to be located at gaya in the state of bihar 5 the bill seeks to achieve the above objectivesnew delhi;mm  pallam  raju 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 the central university of north bihar having its territorial jurisdiction in the territory in the north of the river ganges in the state  of  bihar and to rename 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 in the eleventh plan, the cabinet had approved an expenditure of two hundred forty crore rupees for the  existing central university of bihar it is proposed to split the said expenditure of two hundred forty crore rupees between the two central universities equally the  expenditure would be met from the consolidated fund of india through the budgetary provisions of the ministry of human resource development annexureextract  from the central universities act, 2009(25 of 2009)|     |     |     |     |    ||------|------|------|------|-----| the  first  schedule[see section 3 (4)]| serial   | name of   | name of the university      | territorial jurisdiction    ||----------|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| no      | the state |                             |                             || 1       | bihar     | central university of bihar | whole of the state of bihar ||         |          |                            |                            |———— a billfurther to amend the central universities act, 2009—————(shri mm pallam raju, minister of human resource development)gmgipmrnd—3492ls—26112012