 bill no 171 of  2018 the central universities (amendment) bill, 2018 a billfurther to amend the central universities act, 2009be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called the central universities (amendment) act, 2018short title and commencement5(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appoint25 of 20092 after section 3b of the central universities act, 2009 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), the following sections shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new sections 3c and 3d10establishment of central university of andhra pradesh"3c there shall be established a university, which shall be a body corporate, to be known as the central university of andhra pradesh, having its territorial jurisdiction extending to the whole of the state of andhra pradesh, as specified in the first schedule to this act15establishment of central tribal university of andhra pradesh3d there shall be established a tribal university, which shall be a body corporate, to be known as the central tribal university of andhra pradesh, having its territorial jurisdiction extending to the whole of the state of andhra pradesh, as specified in the first schedule to this act, to provide avenues of higher education and research facilities primarily for the tribal population of india"amendment of section 53 in section 5 of the principal act, the following proviso shall be inserted at the end, namely:—"provided that the tribal university established under section 3d shall take additional measures for paying special attention to the tribal centric higher eduction and research, including art, culture and customs"54 for the first schedule to the principal act, the following schedule shall be substituted, namely:—substitution of new schedule for first schedule "the first schedule| [                  | see                          | section 3(                | 4                                   ||--------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------|| 10                 |                              |                           |                                     || serial             | name of                      | name of the university    | territorial jurisdiction            || no                | the state                    |                           |                                     || (1)                | (2)                          | (3)                       | (4)                                 || 1                 | andhra                       | central university of     | whole of the state of andhra        || pradesh            | andhra pradesh               | pradesh                   |                                     || 15                 |                              |                           |                                     || 2                 | andhra                       | central tribal university | whole of the state of andhra        || pradesh            | of andhra pradesh            | pradesh                   |                                     || 3                 | bihar                        | central university of     | territory in the south of the       || south bihar        | river ganges in the state of |                           |                                     || bihar              |                              |                           |                                     || 20                 |                              |                           |                                     || 4                 | bihar                        | mahatma gandhi            | territory in the north of the river || central university | ganges in the state of bihar |                           |                                     || 5                 | gujarat                      | central university of     | whole of the state of gujarat       || gujarat            |                              |                           |                                     || 25                 |                              |                           |                                     || 6                 | haryana                      | central university of     | whole of the state of haryana       || haryana            |                              |                           |                                     || 7                 | himachal                     | central university of     | whole of the state of himachal      || pradesh            | himachal pradesh             | pradesh                   |                                     || 8                 | jammu and                    | central university of     | kashmir division of the state of    || kashmir            | kashmir                      | jammu and kashmir         |                                     || 30                 |                              |                           |                                     || 9                 | jammu and                    | central university of     | jammu division of the state of      || kashmir            | jammu                        | jammu and kashmir         |                                     || 10                | jharkhand                    | central university of     | whole of the state of jharkhand     || jharkhand          |                              |                           |                                     || 11                | karnataka                    | central university of     | whole of the state of karnataka     || karnataka          |                              |                           |                                     || 35                 |                              |                           |                                     || 12                | kerala                       | central university of     | whole of the state of kerala        || kerala             |                              |                           |                                     || 13                | odisha                       | central university of     | whole of the state of  odisha       || odisha             |                              |                           |                                     || 40                 |                              |                           |                                     || 14                | punjab                       | central university of     | whole of the state of punjab        || punjab             |                              |                           |                                     || 15                | rajasthan                    | central university of     | whole of the state of rajasthan     || rajasthan          |                              |                           |                                     || 16                | tamil nadu                   | central university of     | whole of the state of tamil nadu" || 45                 |                              |                           |                                     || tamil nadu         |                              |                           |                                     | 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 establishment of one central university and one central tribal university in the state of andhra pradesh will increase access and quality of higher education and also facilitate and promote avenues of higher education and research facilities for the people of the state further, the tribal university will promote advance knowledge by providing instructional and research facilities in tribal art, culture and customs and advancement in technology to the tribal population of india a part from being focused to the tribal education, the central tribal university shall carry out all educational and other activities like any other central university at present, there is no central university in the state of andhra pradesh while all other states, except goa, have one or more central university moreover, the establishment of a central university and a central tribal university in the state of andhra pradesh is obligatory under the andhra pradesh reorganisation act, 20143 accordingly, it has been decided to amend the central universities act, 2009 to provide for the establishment of one university by the name of "central university of andhra pradesh" and one tribal university by the name of "central tribal university of andhra pradesh" in the state of andhra pradesh4 the bill seeks to achieve the above objectivesnew delhi;prakash  javadekarthe 3rd december,  2018 financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill seeks to insert new sections 3c and 3d in the central universities act, 2009, so as to establish two new universities as the body corporates to be known as the central university of andhra pradesh and the central tribal university of andhra pradesh, having its territorial jurisdiction extending to the whole of the state of andhra pradesh2 the infrastructure for the two universities shall be set up in two phases, with a cap on expenditure, for four years for the period from 2018-19 to 2021-22 ending in march, 2022 approximately, fifty per cent of the projected cost will be spent in phase i, with a cap of four hundred fifty crore rupees for the central university and four hundred twenty crore rupees for the tribal university, being the total cost for phase i for the two universities as eight hundred seventy crore rupees 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)]| sl                          | name of                      |     name of the university        | territorial jurisdiction            ||------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|| no                          | the state                    |                                   |                                     || 1                           | bihar                        | central university of south bihar | territory in the south of the river || ganges in the state of bihar |                              |                                   |                                     || 1a                          | bihar                        | mahatma gandhi central            | territory in the north of the river || university                   | ganges in the state of bihar |                                   |                                     || 2                           | gujarat                      | central university of gujarat     | whole of the state of gujarat       || 3                           | haryana                      | central university of haryana     | whole of the state of haryana       || 4                           | himachal                     | central university of himachal    | whole of the state of himachal      || pradesh                      | pradesh                      | pradesh                           |                                     || 5                           | jammu and                    | central university of kashmir     | kashmir division of the state of    || kashmir                      | jammu and kashmir            |                                   |                                     || 5a                          | jammu and                    | central university of jammu       | jammu division of the state of      || kashmir                      | jammu and kashmir            |                                   |                                     || 6                           | jharkhand                    | central university of jharkhand   | whole of the state of jharkhand     || 7                           | karnataka                    | central university of karnataka   | whole of the state of karnataka     || 8                           | kerala                       | central university of kerala      | whole of the state of kerala        || 9                           | orissa                       | central university of orissa      | whole of the state of orissa        || 10                          | punjab                       | central university of punjab      | whole of the state of punjab        || 11                          | rajasthan                    | central university of rajasthan   | whole of the state of rajasthan     || 12                          | tamil nadu                   | central university of tamil nadu  | whole of the state of tamil nadu   ||                             |                             |                                  |                                    |———— a billfurther to amend the central universities act, 2009————(shri prakash  javadekar, minister of human resource development)mgipmrnd—2257ls(s3)—10-12-2018