Amended agricultural varsity bill gives more power to state government

The amended Gujarat Agricultural Universities (Amendment) Bill passed by a majority vote on Friday has clipped the wings of the chancellor (office of which is held by the governor) in the running of the state agricultural universities and vested the power to take important decisions in the hands of the state government.
From the power to constitute and appoint a search committee for the selection of vice-chancellor to taking a call on the universities’ statutes, their making, amendment, repeal and operation, all proposals will now be submitted to the state government and not the chancellor, as per the amended bill that was presented by Agriculture Minister Ranchhodbhai Faldu and cleared on the last day of the Budget session of the state assembly on Friday.

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