The government has started clearing the way for setting up a private university in Puducherry.
In a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister N Rangasamy on Thursday night, detailed discussions were held on bringing a law to allow the government to set up private universities.
“A detailed discussion took place in the cabinet meeting. Once the cabinet decision is approved by the Lieutenant Governor, a bill will be introduced in the next assembly session, paving the way for the setting up of private universities in the union territory. Hindu,
It is a lengthy process, he said, adding that even after the law gets the assent of the Assembly, it has to be placed before the Center for the assent of the President.
In another significant development, the cabinet decided to set up a Higher Education Council to promote and coordinate higher education, the source said.
The cabinet also decided to take back 50 acres of land given to Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research for setting up a Super Specialty Multi-Organ Transplant Center at Sederapet.
In 2019, the then Congress government decided to provide 50 acres to JIPMER from the 303 hectares of land acquired in 2006 to set up a Special Economic Zone in the revenue districts of Sederapet and Karasur.
The Economic Zone project did not gain momentum and the land remained lying idle.
In Thursday’s cabinet meeting, the government decided to take back the land as no work had been done for the hospital in the last two years.
In the meeting, the Chief Minister, according to the source, said that the government is ready to give around 55 acres of land belonging to the now defunct Anglo French Textiles in Pattanur, if JIPMER is willing to take up the multi-specialty hospital project. The land is also close to JIPMER.
According to the source, the government wanted 50 acres of land in Sederapet to be with the Pondicherry Industrial Promotion Development and Investment Corporation Ltd. He said that the land can be used for industrial activities.