On December 13, 2023, the Rajya Sabha approved the Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2023. This bill aims to make changes to the Central Universities Act of 2009 to establish the Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University in Mulugu, Telangana. The Lok Sabha had already passed the bill on December 7, 2023.
He mentioned that the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Act, 2019 ensured the rights of SC/ST/OBC/EWS of reservation envisaged under the Constitution.