Union Cabinet approves setting up NIT in AP

Q.  Union Cabinet granted approval for setting up of which institute in AP?
- Published on 26 May 16

a. National Institute of Technology
b. Indian Institute of Technology
c. National Institute of Information Technology
d. National Institute of Computer Technology

ANSWER: National Institute of Technology
 
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on May 25th granted ex-post facto approval for establishment of NIT, Andhra Pradesh which has been registered as a Society under the Andhra Pradesh Societies Registration Act, 2001 with effect from 20th August 2015.
  • The Cabinet also approved introduction of a Bill namely the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Bill, 2016 for inclusion of the NIT, Andhra Pradesh in its First Schedule.
  • The post- facto approval of the Cabinet for establishment of NIT, Andhra Pradesh as a society under the Societies Registration Act, 2001 would give a legal entity to NIT, Andhra Pradesh.

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