CM House gears up for the first 'full-time Janata Darshan'
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will hold a grievance redressal programme Jana Spandana on November 27 morning, providing on-the-spot solutions to aggrieved people.
The chief minister's office said in a statement that it has made all the preparations for the programme.
Additional Chief Secretary Rajneesh Goyal visited Siddaramaiah's home office 'Krishna' in the evening and reviewed the final preparations.
The statement said that ''20 counters have been set up to receive complaints and two counters have been set aside for senior citizens and people with special needs. Complaints received will be sorted, department-wise, (and) will be recorded in the software.'' Applicants will be given an acknowledgment letter, after which the CM will hear the complaints and suggest solutions, it said.
A circular has already been issued to all the government secretaries and heads of departments, asking them to be present in person.
Deputy commissioners, zilla panchayat chief executive officers and superintendents of police, as well as all the district, sub-division and taluk level officers have been asked to be present at Krishna, the statement said.
It added that it is mandatory for citizens attending 'Janata Darshan' to produce their Aadhaar card or ration card for identification. The statement also said that complainants can easily find find out the status of the application, as it would be documented.
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Bill to set up single higher education regulator likely to be tabled in Parliament next week
New Delhi (PTI): A Bill which seeks to set up a single regulator for institutions of higher education is required to facilitate universities and other higher educational institutes become independent and self-governing, officials said.
The Bill is likely to be introduced in Parliament next week after it got the Union Cabinet's nod on Friday.
The proposed legislation, which was earlier christened the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) Bill, has now been named Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhikshan Bill.
A single higher education regulator, which was proposed in the new National Education Policy (NEP), looks to replace the University Grants Commission (UGC), the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), and the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE).
"The Bill proposes to set up a Higher Education Commission of India to facilitate universities and other higher educational institutes become independent and self-governing institutions and to promote excellence through a robust and transparent system of accreditation and autonomy. It is likely to be introduced (in Parliament) in the coming week," an official said.
While the UGC presently oversees non-technical higher education in the country, the AICTE oversees technical education, while the NCTE is the regulatory body for teachers' education.
The Commission is proposed to be set up as a single higher education regulator, but medical and law colleges will not be brought under its ambit.
It is proposed to have three major roles -- regulation, accreditation and setting professional standards, officials said.
Funding, which is seen as the fourth vertical, is not proposed to be under the regulator so far. The autonomy for funding is proposed to be with the administrative ministry, they said.
