Cabinet approves setting up Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University in Telangana

NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved amendment to the Central Universities Act, 2009 for setting up of Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University in Telangana state.

Union ministers Anurag Thakur and G. Kishan Reddy briefed the media about the decision taken in the Cabinet meeting chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Union Cabinet gave its approval for introduction in Parliament, a Bill, namely, the Central Universities (Amendment), Bill, 2023 further to amend the Central Universities Act, 2009 for setting up of Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University at Mulugu district in Telangana as provided in the Thirteenth Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh Re-organisation Act, 2014 (no. 6 of 2014).

The government noted that with an allocation of Rs 889.07 crore, this visionary move aims to enhance higher education accessibility and quality.

“The new university will not only increase access and improve the quality of higher education in the State but also promote avenues of higher education and advance knowledge by providing instructional and research facilities in tribal art, culture and traditional knowledge system for the benefit of the tribal population in the State This new university will also create additional capacity and will strive to remove regional imbalances,” the government said.

During his Telangana state visit on Sunday, Prime Minister Mr Modi had announced the setting up of the university in Telangana, an assurance mentioned in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act. The university is named after tribal goddesses Samakka and Sarakka.