 bill no 119 of  2021 the central universities (amendment) bill, 2021 a billfurther to amend the central universities act, 2009be it enacted by parliament in the seventy-second year of the republic of india as follows:—25 of 2009amendment of section 3a2 in the central universities act, 2009 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), in section 3a, for the words "state of  jammu and kashmir", wherever they occur, the words "union territory of jammu and kashmir" shall be substituted3 in the principal act, after section 3d, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new section 3e5establishment of sindhu central university"3e there shall be established a university, which shall be a body corporate, to be known as the  sindhu central university,  having  its territorial jurisdiction extending to the whole of the union territory of  ladakh, as specified in the first schedule to this act" 4 in the first schedule to the principal act,—10amendment of first schedule(i) for serial numbers 8 and 9 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial numbers and entries shall be substituted, namely:—| "8 jammu and kashmir   | central university        | kashmir division   ||-------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------|| of kashmir              | of the union territory of |                    || jammu and kashmir      |                           |                    || 15                      |                           |                    || 9                      | jammu and kashmir         | central university || of jammu                | union territory of jammu  |                    || and kashmir";          |                           |                    |(ii) after serial number 12 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely:—20"12aladakhsindhu centralwhole of the unionuniversityterritory of ladakh" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe central universities act, 2009 was enacted to establish and incorporate universities for teaching and research in various states and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto2 at present, there is no central university in the union territory of ladakhtherefore, the government has decided to establish a new central university in the union territory of ladakh to ensure increase in accessibility and quality of higher education and to facilitate and promote avenues of higher education and research for the people of the union territory of ladakh  this shall also cater to the regional aspirations for years to come3 the central universities (amendment) bill, 2021 seeks to amend the central universities  act, 2009 inter alia to provide for the establishment of a university in the name of "sindhu central university" in the union territory of ladakh4 the bill seeks to achieve the above objectsnew delhi;dharmendra pradhanthe 2nd august, 2021 ———— president's  recommendation  under  article  117  of the  constitution  of  india ————[letter no 42-1/2020 cuii dated 3rd august, 2021 from shri dharmendra pradhan, minister for education, skill development and entrepreneurship to the secretary general, lok sabha]the president, having been informed of the subject matter of the central universities(amendment) bill, 2021, recommends consideration of the bill in lok sabha under clause (3) of article 117 of the constitution of india financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill seeks to insert a new section 3e in the central universities act, 2009 which provides for the establishment of a new university, to be known as the sindhu central university, as a body corporate having territorial jurisdiction extending to the whole of the union territory of ladakh2  the infrastructure for the university will be set up with a budgetary provision of rupees 750 crores for seven years in two phases the expenditure in the first phase of four years shall approximately be rupees 400 crores and in the second phase of remaining three years shall approximately be rupees 350 crores  the said expenditure shall be met from the consolidated fund of india through the budgetary provisions of the ministry of education annexure extracts from the central universities act, 2009 (25 of 2009)    3a (1) the central university of jammu and kashmir established under sub-section (4)of section 3 shall be known as the central university of kashmir and its territorial jurisdiction shall be limited to the kashmir division of the state of jammu and kashmirspecial provision with respect to the state of jammu and kashmir(2) there shall be established a university, which shall be a body corporate, to be known as the central university of jammu having its territorial jurisdiction extending to the jammu division of the state of jammu and kashmir(3) all assets and liabilities of the central university of jammu and kashmir in respect of the territory of jammu division of the state of jammu and kashmir shall stand transferred to be the assets and liabilities of the central university of jammu(4) anything done or any action taken by the university of jammu and kashmir in respect of the territory of jammu division of the state of jammu and kashmir shall be deemed to have been done or taken by the central university of jammu(5) any suit or legal proceedings instituted or continued by or against the central university of jammu and kashmir in respect of the territory of jammu division of the state of jammu and kashmir shall be deemed to have been instituted or continued by or against the central university of jammu      the first schedule[see section 3(4)]|            | serial no            | name of the state   | name of the university        | territorial jurisdiction   ||------------|-----------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------||           |                      |                    |                              |                           || 8         | jammu and kashmir     | central university  | kashmir division of the state |                            || of kashmir | of jammu and kashmir |                     |                               |                            || 9         | jammu and kashmir     | central university  | jammu division of the state   |                            || of jammu   | of jammu and kashmir |                     |                               |                            ||           |                      |                    |                              |                           |———— a billfurther to amend the central universities act, 2009————(shri dharmendra pradhan, minister of  education; skill development &entrepreneurship)mgipmrnd—570ls—03-08-2021