 bill no 212 of 2016 the  central   agricultural  university (amendment)  bill, 2016 a billfurther to amend the central agricultural university act, 1992be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1  this act may be called the central agricultural university (amendment) act, 201640 of 1992amendment of section 252 in the central agricultural university act, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), in section 2, in clause (l), after the word "mizoram,", the word "nagaland," shall be insertedamendment of section 63 in section 6 of the principal act, in sub-section (l), after the word "mizoram,", the word "nagaland," shall be inserted statement of objects and reasonsthe central agricultural university act, 1992 was enacted for the establishment and incorporation of a university for the north- eastern region for the development of agriculture and for the furtherance of the advancement of learning and prosecution of research in agriculture and allied sciences in that region2 however, the definition of  "north-eastern region" and the jurisdiction of the central agricultural university under the said act did not cover the state of nagaland therefore, it has been decided to amend the central agricultural university act, 1992 so as to include the state of nagaland under the jurisdiction of the central agricultural university, having its headquarters at imphal3 the proposed amendments will extend the benefit of facilities provided by the central agricultural university for the development of agriculture and for the furtherance of the advancement of learning and prosecution of research in agriculture and allied sciences to the state of nagaland as being done to the other north-eastern states4 the bill seeks to achieve the above objectsnew delhi;                                                                                  radha mohan singhthe 29th july, 2016 lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the central agricultural university act, 1992————(shri radha mohan singh, minister of agriculture and farmers welfare)gmgipmrnd—2051ls(s3)—01082016