Kerala Cabinet approves draft Bill to permit private universities
A special Kerala Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan approved the Kerala State Private Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Draft Bill, 2025 in Thiruvananthapuram on 10 February 2025.
Summary
Kerala's Cabinet, at a special meeting on 10 February 2025, approved the Kerala State Private Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Draft Bill, 2025, to be introduced in the ongoing Assembly session. Under the draft, only credible sponsoring agencies with experience in education may apply, and a private university must deposit a corpus fund of ₹25 crore in the state treasury and own land as per regulatory norms. The Cabinet also removed a provision in the university laws amendments approved in January that would have allowed study centres outside the state and abroad.
Key facts
- Date and place
- 10 February 2025, Thiruvananthapuram
- Bill
- Kerala State Private Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Draft Bill, 2025
- Corpus fund
- ₹25 crore, deposited in the state treasury
- Dropped provision
- Study centres outside the state and abroad
Practice MCQs 2 questions
Under Kerala's private universities draft Bill approved by the state Cabinet on 10 February 2025, a private university must deposit a corpus fund of how much (in ₹) in the state treasury?
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Correct answer: B — 25 crore
The draft Bill requires a corpus fund of ₹25 crore to be deposited in the state treasury.
Consider the following statements about the Kerala Cabinet's decisions of 10 February 2025: 1. The private universities draft Bill was approved at a special Cabinet meeting. 2. The Cabinet removed a provision allowing universities to set up study centres outside the state and abroad. 3. A private university's corpus fund is to be deposited with the University Grants Commission. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 1 and 2 only
The Bill was cleared at a special meeting and the study-centre provision was dropped; the corpus fund goes to the state treasury, not the UGC.