 bill  no 170 of  2016 the national institutes of technology, science education and research (amendment) bill, 2016 a billfurther to amend the national institutes of  technology, science education and research  act, 2007be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement1 (1) this act may be called the national institutes of technology, science education and research (amendment) act, 20165(2) it shall be deemed to have come into force on the 20th day of august, 20152 in the first schedule to the national institutes of technology, science education and research act, 2007,  after serial number 30, the following serial number and the entries relating thereto shall be inserted, namely:—amendment of first schedule to act 29 of 2007(1)(2)(3)10"31national institute of technology,national institute of technology,andhra pradeshandhra pradesh" statement of objects and reasonsthe national institutes of technology, science education and research act, 2007(29 of 2007) provides for declaration of certain institutions of technology to be institutions of national importance and to provide for instructions and research in branches of engineering, technology, management, education, sciences and arts and for the advancement of learning and dissemination of knowledge in such branches and for certain other matters connected with such institutions2 consequent upon the bifurcation of the state of andhra pradesh, and as provided in section 93 of the andhra pradesh reorganisation act, 2014 and the thirteenth schedule to the said act, a national institute of technology has been registered as a society under the andhra pradesh society registration act, 2001 on the 8th september, 2015 and the same has already started functioning as per the approval of the central government3 in view of the above, this bill proposes for the establishment of the national institute of technology, andhra pradesh with effect from the 20th day of august, 2015, the date on which the central government approved the establishment of the same4 the bill seeks to achieve the above objectivesnew delhi;prakash  javadekarthe 13th july, 2016 financial memorandumthe bill proposes to declare the national institute of technology, andhra pradesh as an institution of national importance by amending the national institutes of technology, science education and research act, 2007 the substantial assistance of the central government would be provided to the national institute of technology, andhra pradesh under plan heads by the department of higher education, ministry of human resource development2  for the current financial year, an amount of 40 crore rupees has been allocated for establishment of the national institute of technology, andhra pradesh an outlay of 22600 crore rupees (9473 crore rupees as non-recurring towards capital expenditure, 11432 crore rupees as recurring expenditure and 1672 crore rupees as contingency expenditure) has been made over a period of three years with the stipulation that sanction of funds would be on incremental basis after assessing the requirement as part of the annual budgetary exercise3 the bill does not involve any other recurring or non-recurring expenditure———— a bill further to amend the national institutes of technology, science education and research act, 2007————(shri prakash javadekar, minister of human resource development)gmgipmrnd—1545ls(s3)—15-07-2016