No move to strip states of powers: Kapil Sibal

Kozhikode: Human Resources Development
Minister Kapil Sibal on Saturday said the proposed Higher Education
bill would be taken up only after wider consultations with
stakeholders, including state governments.
Sibal, who was here to preside over the convocation of
IIM-Kozhikode, said the legislation was actually meant to
strengthen higher education and not to take away powers of
states, as some quarters fear.
The purpose of such a legislation is to improve quality
of higher education and not divest the states of their power,
he said.

When reporters sought to know the latest position on the
action against "deemed universities" functioning in many
parts of the country, he said the matter was now under
judicial scrutiny.

PTI